Cop of the Week

New Havener Of The Year

by | Dec 24, 2019 7:53 am | Comments (8)

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Lt. Manmeet Colon greets Capt. Duff at Dec. 11 “Signal 4” Van Dome fundraising party.

New Haven will always be grateful that Anthony Duff followed his own advice in 2019. Otherwise he might not have made it to 2020, on the cusp of reporting back to work at the police department.

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The Cops Didn’t Shoot

by | Aug 9, 2019 1:35 pm | Comments (23)

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Officers Brandon Way and Donald White had to make an instant decision — to shoot or not to shoot — in a dark parking lot.

Two bits of advance work helped them keep everyone safe without pulling a trigger: Way knew his way around the parking lot. And Officer David Santiago and his partner knew a man across town who watches his block — and likes to talk football.

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5 Breaks Led To Serial Rape Arrest

by | Feb 19, 2019 8:51 am | Comments (6)

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Determined special victims cops Lt. Renee Dominguez, Detective Leonardo Soto, Sgt. Mary Helland.

A serial rapist was preying on prostitutes on New Haven’s west end. The cops couldn’t get any leads on him. Until one of his alleged victims turned on her new phone — and saw her attacker’s face pop up in her Google Cloud photos.

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Detective Builds Cases — And Muscles

by | Oct 23, 2016 10:49 am | Comments (8)

Kendall, the new East Coast figure champ.

The time had come for Shayna Kendall to approach the Body Master, grab the handles, pull the cables, work her triceps. She left behind the other thoughts that had occupied her mind: Her investigation of a grandfather’s sexual assault of his 11-year-old granddaughter. Or her brother’s murder. Or her cousin’s murder.

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