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Karl R. Jacobson, assistant chief since 2019, acknowledged that he’s taking on the top job during challenging times. State police are investigating how a Black man was seriously injured in the back of a police van when the driver, an officer, braked suddenly last month.
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said he observed “extreme callousness” in body camera footage of the officers involved in the incident.
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Attorneys and family members are demanding transparency from New Haven police after a 36-year-old man was potentially paralyzed in the back of a police van.
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Five New Haven police officers have been placed on paid leave while the June 19 incident is being investigated.
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The art festival, organized by Artspace New Haven, will return in October with the help of $75,000 from the federal government. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) presented Artspace with the grant.
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Two officers in Connecticut have been placed on paid leave after a man was seriously injured in the back of a police van and dragged around the police station before being taken to a hospital with signs of paralysis, authorities said.
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Over $194,000 in federal funding will go towards New Haven’s LEAP and CitySeed programs to make locally grown food more accessible to residents.
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Cities across Connecticut are marking Juneteenth.
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A former Hamden police officer who shot at an unarmed Black man and woman in 2019 — wounding the woman — won’t serve time in prison.
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The mayor of New Haven has picked Karl Jacobson to be the city’s next police chief. Jacobson is currently the department's assistant chief.