Police Shootings

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for new legislation in Connecticut after the police killing of Stevie Jones in Hartford. His family is pushing for reforms to limit deadly force during mental health crises.

A fatal police shooting in Bridgeport is under investigation after an officer chased Dyshan Best following reports of a man with a gun. Body camera footage shows the officer shooting Best in the back, leading to calls for justice from his family and further review of the incident.

An officer-involved shooting took place on Monday, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.

Two West Haven police officers were shot on Wednesday morning while executing a state search warrant at an apartment on Grand Avenue in New Haven. The officers' injuries are not life-threatening, according to police.

A New York state trooper who suffered a gunshot wound on the Southern State Parkway last week is now under criminal investigation. Officials believe Trooper Thomas Mascia’s account of the incident is not what actually happened.

Two New Haven police officers are on paid administrative leave for shooting and killing a man on Sept. 19. Police Chief Karl Jacobson and Mayor Justin Elicker said the shooting was justified.

Connecticut's Office of Inspector General is investigating a police shooting in Stonington that resulted in the death of a 42-year-old man and a K-9 police dog.

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

A Connecticut woman who was seriously injured when a police officer opened fire on her and her boyfriend as they sat in a car unarmed has settled a lawsuit over the shooting for about $1.1 million.

The newly created Connecticut inspector general’s office investigated nine cases of police using deadly force last year, finding eight of them were justified.