New Haven Independent

Posted by: -fairhavener- | September 10, 2008 10:29 PM

Bye Bye Hunter.

Posted by: geegee | September 10, 2008 11:45 PM

Enough is enough, it takes a new Cheif to stop all the wrong doing, Mike you almost made it to 17 yrs but almost does not count, Hopefully this will stick, not unlike teflon.

Posted by: dedde | September 11, 2008 8:04 AM

HOW DO WE KEEP THE NEW CHIEF ? he is doing a great job in a short time......he is doing what Chief Ortiz knew about..but did nothing about.....Kudo's to you Chief..

Posted by: cedarhillresident | September 11, 2008 8:41 AM

dedde I agree!

Ok here is the million dollar question..(literally)Do we have that bad boy clause in full play yet?? To protect us from having to play the entire pension to a dirty cop? PLEASE DO NOT EXCEPT THIS MAN RETIREMENT PAPERS!!!!!

Posted by: David Streeverr | September 11, 2008 11:39 AM

Can he retire after 16 years?

I want to third that Chief Lewis is doing a fantastic job--and of course we don't know if this man is guilty or not, but we can see that our chief is looking out for us.

Posted by: cedarhillresident | September 11, 2008 2:55 PM

Kasperzyk was 12 years not sure what has happened but he was going for disability retirement. Where their is a will and a good attorney there is a way

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/04/whites_pension.php

Posted by: Ellis Copeland | September 12, 2008 10:54 AM

How many rotten apples does it take realize the whole barrel is bad? As to Lewis, he may prove to not be a stooge, but in 16 months it will be back to business as usual. I'm somewht suspicious of the timing of this announcement too, coming two days after the accident. It smells like Lewis is trying to hide a nasty PR mess under general sympathy and people's basic decency.

Posted by: David Streeverr | September 12, 2008 12:51 PM

Ellis,

I think that's a cruel comment.

The police have been open that they are investigating the crash, & preliminary, it looks like the two officers couldn't hear each other over their own sirens.... it's a terrible tragedy, and there may have been a mistake on one of their parts, but I think it's cruel to call it a "PR mess"--it's a tragedy & maybe an accident, and hopefully we can remember the careers of these officers in a positive light, & see something positive happen as a result.... Different techniques for responding, different technology--who knows, but let's focus on turning this into something positive.

I hardly think Chief Lewis is firing someone to hide attention from a tragic loss. The Chief has nothing to be embarassed about--as a community member, he has my support 100%, and I'll trust him unless he proves us all wrong.

Posted by: Shane | September 13, 2008 6:16 AM

Ellis,
Another dumb ... comment from someone who has never served his community as a cop. The Hunter thing went down Tuesday night....before the accident. Plus ... don't you realize that a full investigation on his wrongdoings took place? Or how long that takes. ... Especially in the wake of what happened with two of our own, you still can't respect all the good apples. I hope you never need a cop!

Posted by: Insider | September 14, 2008 4:45 PM

Ellis

Will you ever be right on anything?. The announcement was made several hours before the tragic accident. Do you think the Chief is clairvoyant or something?

It just goes to show what dephths you'll go to push your agenda. You sir are truly classless.

Posted by: anon | September 14, 2008 5:36 PM

Are you all kidding. I like this chief, but it took the FBI - they raided the place last year, remember? They switched out the internal affairs head, remember????

As to Hunter -- the can you report in your story whether the victim will be notified? Reporters never even ask. The victim whose information was violated should have a right to know it happened, but unless these agencies are forced to through public or legal pressure, they rarely do.

Posted by: citizen | October 1, 2008 9:26 AM

DAVID- You are on the money and yes this Chief is one in a million STAY ON CHIEF LEWIS

Posted by: Ben | October 1, 2008 9:32 AM

Hail to the Chief...
I like this guy too regardless of whether or not he can take credit for this.
It just feels like things are happening for the better and the department is making progress even if they're up against a bad economy, rising crime and a dwindling budget.
Kudos Chief Lewis.