EAST HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES
471 NORTH HIGH STREET • EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06512
Joseph Maturo Jr.
Mayor
Brent B. Larrabee
Chief of Police
East Haven Police Department
Settlement Agreement – Ninety Day Compliance Report
Pursuant to the requirements of the Settlement Agreement (SA) between the Town of
East Haven and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ); this report is submitted as record
of compliance with the ninety (90) day requirements as indicated in the SA.
The SA requires that the following item must be completed within 90 days of December
21, 2012:
1. Within 90 days from the Effective Date, EHPD shall recruit, assign, and train a
sufficient number of IAOs to fulfill the requirements of this Agreement. Prior to
performing IAO duties, IAOs shall receive a minimum of 24 hours of force
investigation training; call out and investigative protocols; and proper roles of onscene counterparts such as crime scene technicians, State Attorney’s Office, State
Police, EHPD detectives, and Joint Compliance Expert; and investigative equipment
and techniques. IAOs shall also receive annual in-service training on proper force
investigations. (Page 29, Paragraph 117b)
2. Within 90 days of the Effective Date, EHPD shall develop and implement a schedule
for testing AVL, in-car recorder, and ECW camera recording equipment to confirm
that it is in proper working order. Officers shall be responsible for ensuring that
recording equipment assigned to them or their car is functioning properly at the
beginning and end of each shift and shall report immediately any improperly
functioning equipment. (Page 42, Paragraph 177)
3. Within 90 days of the Effective Date, EHPD shall appoint and/or hire a Community
Liaison Officer who is a sworn officer fluent in English and Spanish. The Community
Liaison Officer shall also have formalized training in the nature and scope of federal
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EAST HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES
471 NORTH HIGH STREET • EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06512
Joseph Maturo Jr.
Mayor
Brent B. Larrabee
Chief of Police
and state civil rights law as applied to law enforcement activity. (Page 42, Paragraph
181)
4. Within 90 days of the Effective Date, EHPD shall develop a strategic recruitment
plan that includes clear goals, objectives, and action steps for attracting high-quality
applicants for employment across all levels of EHPD, sworn and civilian. EHPD’s
strategic recruitment plan shall establish and clearly identify the duties and goals of
EHPD’s recruitment efforts. The strategic recruitment plan shall include specific
strategies for attracting a diverse pool of applicants, including members of groups that
have been historically underrepresented in EHPD and applicants fluent in Spanish.
(Page 43, Paragraph 183)
5. Within 90 days of the Effective Date, the Joint Compliance Expert (JCE) shall
develop a plan for conducting the above outcome assessments and compliance
reviews and audits, and shall submit this plan to the Parties for review and approval.
This plan shall: (Pages 46-47, Paragraphs 192a-192c)
a. Clearly delineate the requirements of the Agreement to be
assessed for compliance, indicating which requirements will be
assessed together;
b. Set out a schedule for conducting outcome measure assessments
for each outcome measure at least annually, except where
otherwise noted, with the first assessment occurring within 18
months of the Effective Date; and
c. Set out a schedule for conducting a compliance review or audit of
each requirement of this Agreement within the first two years of
the Agreement, and a compliance review or audit of each
requirement at least annually thereafter.
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EAST HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES
471 NORTH HIGH STREET • EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06512
Joseph Maturo Jr.
Mayor
Brent B. Larrabee
Chief of Police
In compliance with Item #1, the EHPD contracted the services of the Institute of Police
Technology and Management (IPTM) to conduct various management and supervision courses.
IPTM is a nationally recognized teaching institute specializing in the education and advancement
of police officers. In addition, most courses taught by IPTM are recognized by the CT POST
Council, allowing the EHPD to simultaneously comply with the SA and also have officers earn
CT POST police officer re-certification credits. To meet the educational requirements as
specified in item #1, this writer along with Sergeant Dave Emerman, Sergeant Joe Murgo, and
Officer James Naccarato (IAO) attended the 5 day, 40 hours police internal affairs course taught
by IPTM in Jacksonville, FL. A copy of the syllabus and all course materials are readily
available for inspection by the JCE or the DOJ. To further improve supervisor accountability
and training, all supervisors and potential supervisors will be attending the same course taught by
IPTM and hosted at the EHPD during the week of June 17-21, 2013.
In compliance with Item #2, Officer James Naccarato formulated a schedule to test all
items specified. Subsequently, a memo was issued by Deputy Chief John Mannion advising all
sworn personnel of the testing schedule. All testing schedules will be later supported by more
comprehensive policies and procedures for each respective technology. As the EHPD devises it
polices to be in compliance with the SA and accepted professional police practices, the testing
schedule for each technology will be integrated into each policy. A copy of the testing schedule
memo issued by Deputy Chief Mannion is attached to this report.
In compliance with Item #3, as noted in the 60 day report that was previously submitted,
Sergeant David Emerman has been selected as both the language access coordinator and the
community liaison officer. Sergeant Emerman is bi-lingual and fluently speaks English and
Spanish. Sergeant Emerman from his educational and life experiences is very cultured in
fostering good community relationships with various community groups, especially the local
Latino community. To further his educational awareness in the nature and scope of federal and
state civil rights laws as applied by law enforcement, he was selected to be one of the first
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EAST HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES
471 NORTH HIGH STREET • EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06512
Joseph Maturo Jr.
Mayor
Brent B. Larrabee
Chief of Police
department members to attend the full internal affairs course as noted in item #1. He will also
attend any additional training courses to remain current, contemporary, and to have full
knowledge of the topics required to be in compliance with this provision.
In compliance with Item #4, Chief Brent Larrabee, Attorney Larry Sgrignari, and I
attended the February 20, 2013 meeting of the East Haven Civil Service Commission. After
consulting with the commission members along with Chief Examiner Andrea Liquori, the
commission requested the submission of various recommended changes to their rules by their
next meeting in order to comply with the SA. These changes support the department’s goals of
moving towards a highly competent professional law enforcement agency. On March 11, 2013,
the Civil Service Commission implemented the rule changes for the recruitment and hiring of
both sworn and unsworn EHPD employees. These changes include a tiered point system to
encourage the recruiting of a more professional and well suited applicant. Although the hiring
provisions required to hire police officers is regulated by the Connecticut General Statutes § 7294 and the regulations of the CT POST Council, the encouragement for recruitment of a diverse
applicant pool is driven by exceptional recruiting. The tiered point system grants additional
testing points to applicants that provide proof of higher education, veteran’s points for military
service, or the ability to fluently speak languages other than English. In addition the Civil
Service Commission is in the process of adopting a recruitment plan. Pursuant to the plan, the
EHPD will also actively advertise its upcoming recruiting using various media sources. All
advertisements will be in both English and Spanish. Some of the locations for advertisement will
be:
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All local newspapers (both English and Spanish)
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Postings on EHPD and town website
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Multiple and frequent announcements on the EHPD’s Facebook© and Twitter© Pages
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Online media advertisements on local news sources such as the East Haven Patch©
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EAST HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES
471 NORTH HIGH STREET • EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06512
Joseph Maturo Jr.
Mayor
Brent B. Larrabee
Chief of Police
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Recruiting posters conspicuously posted in the EHPD, Town Hall, and Library
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Recruiting posters distributed to local area universities and colleges
A copy of the recruiting poster/pamphlet, job application and posting, and the amended East
Haven Civil Service rules are available for inspection by the JCE or the DOJ once they are
available in the coming weeks.
In compliance with Item #5, the JCE is responsible for this requirement and there are no
reporting requirements of this writer and the EHPD for this matter.
This report is being simultaneously submitted to both the DOJ and JCE for review and
comment. Any further supporting documentation to ensure compliance is available for
inspection if requested.
Respectfully Submitted,
Digitally signed by Lieutenant Ed
Lennon
Date: 2013.03.19 12:48:55 -04'00'
Lieutenant Ed Lennon
East Haven Police Department
Compliance Coordinator
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