Bridgeport, Connecticut: Pardon puts cop Paul Cari back on beat

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    Pardon puts cop back on beat; and teacher pension inequity

    For several years now the "woke" Democratic majority in the General Assembly has been striving to erase many criminal convictions, either by statute or by facilitating pardons. This has been done on the mistaken premise that criminal records are the main impediments to former offenders as they seek to regain employment and housing. But the main impediments to former offenders are their lack of education and job skills -- more so now than ever as tens of thousands of jobs in Connecticut are going begging. Simultaneously the "woke" Democratic majority has been striving to increase accountability in police work, enacting ...


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    Pardoned for criminal convictions, police officer resumes patrol, raising concerns
    Bridgeport officer resumes job he lost years earlier after off-duty domestic violence arrest

    17 December 2021

    A Bridgeport police officer last year quietly received a pardon for criminal convictions, allowing him to regain his job patrolling city streets despite reservations from members of a state oversight board. In 2013, after just two years on the force, Officer Paul Cari had his gun and badge stripped and was relegated to an administrative role at the Bridgeport Police Department following his arrest for an off-duty domestic violence incident. Authorities alleged at the time that Cari repeatedly punched a man he found at his ex-girlfriend’s house, hit him in the head with a vase, and shoved her. In 2015, ...


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