Keeping CT Safe While 911 Calls Drop Or Go Unanswered, No Back-Up For Trooper In Distress: Meet Trooper Smurf

'Gutsy' Smurf Perhaps The Inspiration For...

... His Cousin, Trooper Smurf

SOUTHBURY – There’s a new cop on the job at the Troop A barracks off busy Interstate I-84: They call him Trooper Smurf. Trooper Smurf arrived May 17, and he just got a makeover today. Now complete with a camera, it appears Trooper Smurf – aka emergency call box – will be the new face of the state police during certain hours.

This has state legislators worried. They are beginning to ask serious questions ...

Complete Article At Register Citizen

Article, 'Connecticut State Trooper consolidations raising questions from legislators,' also appeared in The Litchfield County Times, Middletown Press and New Haven Register.

NEW: LCT Editorial

Connecticut State Police Changes Are Unwise at Best

FOLLOW-UP

CT Cop Up For No Confidence Vote Says His Goal Is To Get More Troopers On The Road

BACKGROUND

WTIC Podcast On Injured Trooper With No Backup, Huge Amount Of Dropped 911 Calls

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