A Connecticut state police sergeant says Commissioner James Rovella retaliated against him after he reported a detective’s inappropriate comments.
Sergeant Timothy Begley said in a lawsuit that he reported a complaint about the Hartford detective’s comments.
At the time, Rovella was Hartford’s police chief.
Begley says Rovella reassigned him within weeks of being made public safety commissioner last year.
Begley was then moved from the state’s counterterrorism unit to a midnight shift at a local troop.
Begley says he believes Hartford police didn’t investigate his complaint and no action was taken against the detective.
