Former Chief Of Police AJ Perez Released From Prison Early

AJ Perez, the former chief of police in Bridgeport, who was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for his role involving the rigging of the police chief exam in 2018. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website he was released after serving just eight months at FCI Gilmer, a medium security prison in West Virginia. Perez was a longtime ally of Bridgeport mayor Joe Ganim, who also served a prison term for fraud. #Bridgeport CT-- #Bptpolice

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HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, is launching its Broker Academy, a first-of-its-kind program aiming to reduce health disparities and the number of uninsured people in the state. The program will create a pathway to license health insurance brokers by recruiting and building the skillsets of people who live and work in historically underserved communities throughout Connecticut. It begins June 1, 2022, with recruitment currently underway for cohorts in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and their surrounding areas. As indicated in Access Health CT’s research on health disparities and social determinants of health in Connecticut, despite the state’s high ranking in wealth and health there are substantial disparities in the health status of…

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School Threat on Yik Yak

#Fairfield CT-- On January 20, 2022, at approximately 3 PM, the Fairfield Police Department was notified bythe FBI New Haven of a possible threat made toward a Fairfield School on the social media appYik Yak. The FBI was notified by the social media company of the anonymous message.School administrations were notified and an investigation was immediately conducted regardingthe credibility of the threat.During the course of the investigation, police identified the individual responsible for posting themessage. The subject, a juvenile student enrolled in the Fairfield Public School system, hassince been arrested and is currently in police custody.At this time, there is no active threat against any Fairfield school nor towards any students orstaff. We understand that incidents such as these may…

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