Police Accountability

Connecticut Senate Democrats want to expand that state’s civil rights law in response to the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal officers on Saturday.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wants individuals to have the right to sue ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers in civil court.

Appellate Court Judge Eliot Prescott will replace retiring Inspector General Robert J. Devlin, Jr., at the end of June, following his recent appointment by the Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission.

The latest official report on police racial profiling in Connecticut finds no significant disparity in the way police treated drivers during traffic stops in 2022.

GOP leaders said recent police accountability and clean slate laws, as well as the legalization of marijuana, have hurt police recruitment and retention in Connecticut.

A New York state task force charged with reforming the response to 911 calls from those in mental health crises held its first meeting of the New Year on Long Island last week. The group was created after the police killing of Daniel Prude.

Racial disparity in traffic stops by Connecticut state and local police declined in 2022, according to a preliminary report released by the state’s Racial Profiling Prohibition Project.

There is a consensus that body-worn cameras are game changers. Harder to assess is how the BWCs are changing policing.

An audit of the state's racial profiling database found that between 2014 and 2021, more than 25,000 tickets were falsified. Union president Todd Fedigan said the media is using that data to “change the narrative.”

The ACLU of Connecticut is calling for mandatory reporting of verbal warnings by police, and said all police involved in the ticket scandal should be decertified. It also wants independent oversight of state police.