Word is that the shooting task force started by Governor Malloy and Chief States Attorney Kevin Kane has been continued through the fall of 2012.
The numbers alone for the results being achieved by the taskforce are impressive. For the last 28 day period there have been 6 people struck by gunfire, compared to 27 victims for the same period last year. Several agencies and suburban towns are part of the taskforce in addition to HPD
The homicide numbers seem to have leveled off since the task force started, as opposed to the drastic rise we saw for the first half of the year.
Two more Hartford Police Officers will be assigned to the task force as of Sunday, a Lieutenant and a Sergeant will be re-assigned. They are being assigned to a specific portion of the task force, but I have been asked not to provide details for a few weeks. Suffice it to say, these latest additions will most likely add some more teeth to the taskforce and add even more to the operation and success of the group.
Now, if the Courts will add some serious jail time for the arrests made by the taskforce, it should continue to affect the Hartford region's gun violence as well as seeming to put a dent in the drug trade also.
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4 comments:
If the City Police force was up to strength we wouldn't have needed the special task force.The elected officials cared more for squandering our tax money among their donors and friends then they cared about keeping us safe.We are down about 75 cops, according to senior police staff and I haven't heard one word from the Mayor and/or Council that more cops will be hired.
That task force needs a cop like Felix Ortiz a real hunter
I second the Felix Ortiz comment. Let him enhance the safety of our City. He is a Great Leader and can help with our crime problem. We need great leaders to win the War against crime in Hartford.
I don't think there would be a need for such a task force if the city just kept good working relationships with other agencys. EX....ATF would be nice to have working in the city to help put these gun guys away for a long time, but we know the toxic relationship HPD has with them. A regular working relationship with DCF would be nice and a great source of info and resources that other Depts rely on and use regularly. There should be no need for a patrolman to have to call the DCF hotline on a routine call that uncovers a neglect issue. The list goes on.
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