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Way too many police on Temple and Whitney near Audubon for the past several days, the coffee club has now moved to Lincoln at Bradley and at Trumbull. If the mayor can't figure out how to save costs, we certainly can, just by walking around. Okay, there's some road work, but NONE of these guys is even looking around, let alone stopping their conversations with each other. How about just ONE cop per site? They can call for help if there's a problem!!!
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Jessica Dzierlatka (Registered User)
Stängt BB (Registered User)
The police are paid by the construction companies and I believe two are required for certain projects. There are separate issues that have been opened regarding behavior of police at these sites. You might want to join one of those conversations. Closing this issue as it seems the concern is overpayment by the city which is not happening here.
Thanks!
BB (Registered User)
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/67072
David Streever (Registered User)
BB (Registered User)
That's interesting. Can you get us more information on that. That seems like an issue that we we should know about.
Reopened Gnuhaven (Registered User)
Gnuhaven (Registered User)
BB (Registered User)
G (Registered User)
KS (Registered User)
Whether or not the city is paying them or a contruction company, they still have a duty to protect. The companies that hire them pay the NHPD, and then the NHPD pays the police officer. Please keep in mind that while they are on duty they can still respond to calls if necessary, and in fact have caught MANY criminals while working extra duty. They will hear a call on their radio and then the criminal will blow by their extra duty work area and they as police officers who are ON DUTY can make arrests, etc.....
Also, while I don't want my tax money being wasted, they are still in harms way while they are serving extra duty. Google Duane Cunningham who shot at a police officer while the officer was working extra duty directing traffic at 2am in the morning. The police officer reacted and more than likely saved the lives of the contruction workers who were at that site that night.
Stängt CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
David Streever (Registered User)
@Ben: Sorry I didn't respond!
If you FOI any of the construction invoices for street work from around the city, you'll see that the police are included as line items, so I guess we do pay for them (indirectly) when they are present at street work at least.
As to the pension/retirement:
yes, according to the police unions contract, extra-duty work buffs the pension pay of officers.
http://cityofnewhaven.com/HumanResources/pdfs/2008-2011%20Local%20530.pdf
(see under Pension "Extra-duty" and then look under "Extra Duty". In addition, while performing "Extra Duty", an officer is considered "In the Line of Duty", i.e., they are covered under all workers compensation policies and their personal effects are also coverable. Not saying any of this is WRONG, per se, just that the City of New Haven glosses over this while talking about "Extra Duty", which the Mayor has always implied costs taxpayers zero. Maybe it is a valid cost--maybe we do need sworn officers for traffic duty--but I think the system needs to be better supervised if that is the case.)