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Officer's appeal exposes probl
CARROLLTON – A police officer who was fired and accused of criminal mischief over a house egging is back on the job after a favorable ruling by an independent hearing examiner.
But Officer Jennifer Cackler's appeal exposed other problems with officers on the Carrollton police force. The department has been in the news recently because of three claims from residents of excessive force.
Cackler, 28, said her "indefinite suspension" amounted to "disparate discipline" when compared to two officers who "committed more serious criminal offenses," according to the hearing exa... Read more
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Hartford Courant - United Stat
11 March 2008
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State Police Leaders Scolded
An angry Gov. M. Jodi Rell dressed down more than 60 state police managers at the governor's residence in Hartford Monday, warning that the department is about to "implode" and threatening to replace managers who could not properly supervise their ranks, according to sources who attended the meeting.
"I gave state police commanders a very direct message: They need to start leading," Rell said in a written statement Monday afternoon. "This is a time of turmoil in the agency and troopers are looking to their senior officers. The people of Connecticut — and I as their governor — demand that those officers provide strong, effective guidance."
Her harsh comments came after several weeks of testimony before the state legislature by troopers who said they had been victims of blatant retaliation by state police managers for being whistleblowers.
Last week, about 200 troopers attended a hearing before the legislature's public safety committee, asking lawmakers to help stop harassment and revamp the state police. State Police Union President Steven Rief sharply criticized the agency for severely punishing troopers for misdeeds, while being lenient with managers.
On Monday afternoon, managers' police cruisers lined side streets near the governor's residence, as lieutenants, captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels, some dressed in uniform, others in suits and ties, walked together through the iron gates up to the mansion. Managers — from lieutenants up to Public Safety Commissioner John A. Danaher III — attended a mandatory emergency meeting that lasted just 15 minutes before they walked back out to their cars solemnly.
Among those who testified about retaliation last week was Det. Karen Nixon, one of the whistleblowers who filed complaints about misconduct. She said two of her supervisors called the state Department of Children and Families to her home after she had a bad reaction to a medication. Nixon testified that she felt it was retaliation for being a whistleblower in the case of Eugene Baron, a trooper who had been stopped on suspicion of drunk driving four times and let go each time by state police. Baron has since retired.
Rell said in the statement she wants commanders to "listen to line troopers and respond."
"Those issues must be dealt with aggressively, responsibly and effectively. It is important that the command staff lead their agency with fairness, innovation and enthusiasm," Rell said.
During the meeting, Rell gave her support to Danaher, who has been commissioner of the embattled agency for just over a year, saying he is a good commissioner in a long line of them, sources inside the meeting said.
Afterward, Danaher said he will be putting some policy changes in place later this week, but declined to discuss them Monday.
"They are issues I have been talking to Steve Rief about for some time, policy issues we have been discussing," Danaher said.
Rief said the union has tried to deal with some of the issues Rell spoke of for the past year.
"I'm encouraged to hear the governor has recognized something we have been saying for quite some time," Rief said.
"It's a step in the right direction and I'm glad the governor is trying to set the tone. Hopefully, today is a start where they do get the message."
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