The special prosecutor will investigate police officers’ use of deadly force and, if necessary, prosecute them.
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As deadline approaches, some CT police departments still don’t have body cameras
It remains unclear how many municipal police officers are wearing body cameras and how many still need them.
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Senate fix tees up ‘clean slate’ for final passage in House
Senate action Wednesday likely ensured House passage of a bill expunging criminal records of thousands of Connecticut residents.
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House approves bill delaying changes to police deadly force rules
Under the bill, the changes governing police officers’ use of deadly force would go into effect Jan. 1, 2022.
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State to close three prisons as advocates call for reinvestment in marginalized communities
Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed ‘right-sizing’ Connecticut’s correctional system due to a decade-long decline in the prison population.
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Should social workers ride with police? This Connecticut woman does
Kathy Evans of West Hartford now works with the Denver police as a clinical social worker. She rides with police and responds to calls where often her expertise is more valuable than the traditional tools of a police officer. Each workday morning at 6 a.m., Katharine “Kathy” Evans turns out for roll call at the […]
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Amid a reckoning on police violence, Criminal Justice Commission deadlocks on inspector general nomination
It’s not clear what happens next.
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State police union sues Connecticut over police accountability bill
The union argues pending Freedom of Information requests will cause “immediate and irreparable harm” if certain documents are released.
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Lamont signs police reforms, but tells cops, ‘You’re my heroes’
Gov. Ned Lamont’s ceremonial signing of the police accountability bill opened with flattery of the police who fought its passage.
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Passing police reforms was hard. Making them work might be harder.
Gov. Ned Lamont will sign a police accountability bill as officials consider how to implement a measure so bitterly fought by cops.
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Police reforms clear Connecticut Senate on partisan vote
The state Senate gave final legislative approval early Wednesday of a sweeping police accountability bill.
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Police reform measure passes a divided House
The state House of Representatives voted Friday morning to pass an ambitious police reform bill.
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Blue Lives, Black Lives and sharp lines on police accountability bill
Democratic leaders struggled to keep its majority caucus united behind passage of a sweeping police accountability bill Thursday.
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CT faith leaders amplify support for police accountability bill
State religious leaders, prominent voices in the push for police accountability, hope the bill before lawmakers passes.
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Police accountability bill revives decades-long debate about investigative subpoena power
State’s attorneys say they need it to investigative police use of deadly force. Advocates fear a “legislative slippery slope.”