Category: Law Enforcement
Hartford Towing Policy Reformed As The Result of Federal Suits
In a major victory for consumers in Connecticut, Hartford has agreed in federal court to reform its towing policies, reducing the amount towing victims have to pay, and requiring Hartford Police officers to finally follow their long-standing internal towing policies.
Without admitting any intentional wrongdoing, Hartford officials went into federal court late Monday where U.S. District [...]
Kerik’s 4-Year Prison Term From Connecticut’s Former Top U.S. Prosecutor Raises Questions
The four-year federal prison term imposed Feb. 18 on former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik illustrates the need for more accountability to the public by the officials who bring white-collar criminal cases.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Robinson, a former Connecticut U.S. attorney now presiding in White Plains, NY, ordered a prison term for Kerik that is much higher than the 27 to 33 months recommended under federal sentencing guidelines for the corruption charges and this type of defendant.
How To Be A Smart Valet Parking Customer
Imagine that you use valet parking at one of your city’s best known hotels. When it comes time to fetch your car, the valet pulls your vehicle under the overhang, steps out and walks away. As you step toward your car, another man swoops in from nowhere, jumps into the driver’s seat and speeds away. Your car is stolen. This happened to …
Conn AG Could Cost Ct Taxpayers $18 Million
Maybe I missed it, but I don’t recall seeing a press release yesterday from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal about a suit he lost that could cost state taxpayers more than $18 million. Normally Blumenthal’s two press aides crank out several press releases each day.
But according to a story in today’s Courant by two top [...]
Animal Abuse Awareness Poster
In an effort to raise awareness of animal abuse and the potential legal consequences for those found guilty of that crime, the nonprofit group Concerned Citizens For Humanity (CCFH) funded the development and printing of a poster designed to educate the public about this crime.
“We feel that animal abuse has a widespread impact on society,” Darrell Decker, executive director [...]
Telecom Firms Hand Over Confidential Phone Records To FBI
CtWatchdog contributor Dave Lieber wonders what those Post-it Notes written by the FBI to illegally obtain phone records of Americans look like. He offers some samples.
Is Courant Justified To ID West Hartford Coach Prior To A Formal Charge?
I wonder whether The Courant was doing its journalistic duty or just trying to sell newspapers at the expense of a West Hartford teacher who might have done nothing wrong, but faces destruction of his reputation.
I am referring to this morning’s CTNOW cover page story of a West Hartford teacher under investigation for sending questionable text [...]
It’s So Much Safer to Drive, Thanks to MADD and Others
Here’s some good travel news: Far from perfect, the odds are better that more of us will get through the holidays without being killed. That’s progress.
With a long way still to go, we’ve come a long way on our highways, streets and lanes as the numbers of drunken drivers and the fatalities they commit have [...]
Radio Investment Show Host Accused Of Running Ponzi Scheme
Nothing makes me more skeptical than these supposed radio money gurus. First, if they were so good at what they are doing, why would they be doing it on the radio? Second, I didn’t hear one of them, not one, predict the current recession, nor the steady rise in stocks recently.
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