‘police’



Learning more about the boys in blue
NAUGATUCK — Twenty-four residents, 10 weeks, 13 subjects, one goal: to increase civilians’ understanding of the boys in blue. The Naugatuck Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy course finished up on Thursday. Police Captain Jeremiah Scully organized, recruited and taught the class about various topics concerning the job of a policeman. This is the first... »
Borough PD recieves top state accreditation
NAUGATUCK — A state agency that assesses police departments has given the borough’s police department a top ranking. The Connecticut Police Officer Standards Training Council, or POST, awarded Tier III accreditation, the highest rating it offers, to the Naugatuck Police Department last Thursday. The accreditation process is voluntary. The department opted for the review... »
Cop facing felony charges wants pension
NAUGATUCK — A borough police officer facing felony charges in Meriden Superior Court has tendered his resignation, effective last Friday. Forty-year-old David Reilly, a 13-year veteran of the police force, was charged in December with first-degree larceny by extortion, third-degree computer crime and coercion. The charges stem from allegations that Reilly, under the chat-room... »
Sunday-morning crash claims Prospect man
NAUGATUCK — Police are investigating a Sunday morning car accident that killed a 77-year-old Prospect man. George Hall, of 8 Highland Drive in Prospect, was driving his 1990 Honda Accord on Prospect Street toward the borough when he lost control of the vehicle while trying to navigate a slight left curve, according to a... »
Gunmen rob Union City KFC
NAUGATUCK — Just as last week’s Union City Revitalization Committee public forum was coming to a close, the KFC on Bridge Street, barely a half-mile from the school where the forum was held, was robbed by gunmen. According to a police department press release, three males in ski masks and dark clothing jumped the... »


