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Please consider joining us on Monday, July 1st at Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield, CT for a day of golf to help us honor and continue Bobby's legacy of dedication and service to others.

Pre-Orders are open in memory of another great one who was taken far too soon, September 6th of this year! Available until December 1st. Long sleeves, short sleeves & decals. Items will ship around December 6th. Honored to have worked with members of the HPD FOP Lodge 30 & Detective Garten’s Unit Family on this.

You are invited to attend the Middletown Police Benefit Association Bagpipe Band’s open house.No musical experience is needed, just a desire to learn the pipes or drums. There is no charge for the training. At the open house, you will learn what it takes to play the bagpipe or the three different types of pipe band drums, as well as the resources and time commitment needed.

An effort is now underway to lift the spirits of an injured Hartford police officer who is recovering after a crash that killed his partner in the line of duty last week.

Hartford Police Detective Robert “Bobby” Garten, 34 of Newington, CT died tragically in the line of duty on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 when his police cruiser was struck by a vehicle fleeing a traffic stop.

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Adrian Stroud / Published April 19, 2023 @ 6:00 am PDT When I started police work in 1980, I wanted to help people. I went to work every day and did the job, honing my skills as I went through my career. Fast-forward to today. I wouldn’t know how to do the job now. We exist in a country where the police have been defunded, demonized, demoralized and disrespected. I used to say, the public can either respect me or fear me. A healthy dose of both allowed you to get the job done usually unscathed. The men and women who...

Though there have been many scares about what can happen to children or teenagers on the internet, adults should be safe as well. There is no limit to the amount of risk adults come in contact with such as sexual predators, criminals who are seeking out your personal information on social networking sites, buying habits, frequently used sites, and many others.Here are some tips to help prevent you from being a target:Do not share things such as email addresses, usernames and passwords.Do not use usernames or passwords that include your name, birthdate, important numbers, or where you live.Keep your location...

On August 18, police officers in Westport voted 42-5 in favor of switching union representation from AFSCME Council 4, AFL-CIO, to the National Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest police union. And they were not the first to do so this year. According to the State Board of Labor Relations, six police unions in Connecticut have voted to jump ship from their current union for the Fraternal Order of Police. Among them, North Branford, Farmington, Rocky Hill and New Canaan. Police unions in Avon and Wolcott have also switched to the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. Learn more here: Original post at the...

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Sep. 29, 2022 "You’ve probably never heard of Christine Maine and most likely never will again, but the Putnam Democrat, a candidate for the state General Assembly, has caused a stir across the state with her comments about police officers joining the profession for sex with women attracted to their uniforms, to drive fast and 'beat people up with impunity.' Coming six weeks before Election Day, this is not the raw reminder of friction between Democrats and the police community that the party needed." Read Full Article Here

When Dan Rosenthal traveled to Louisiana last year as a volunteer with the FOP Disaster Area Response Team (DART) following Hurricane Ida, he saw firsthand the toll natural disasters take on the law enforcement officers whose lives at work and home have been drastically impacted. “They’re working 12-hour shifts, and meanwhile, their house could be in some state of destruction,” said Rosenthal, who retired from the Bloomfield (Conn.) Police Department after 22 years of service in 2002. “They’re working, they’re there, but you can see in their eyes that they’re not really there.” That empty look he saw over and over...

Sgt. John Krupinsky (Ret.), with the Connecticut Fraternal Order of Police, joins "Fox & Friends" after two officers were killed and one was wounded in an apparent ambush. Click Here to Watch Video