New Haven

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.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said he observed “extreme callousness” in body camera footage of the officers involved in the incident.

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.

Five New Haven police officers have been placed on paid leave while the June 19 incident is being investigated.

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.

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.

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.

Cities across Connecticut are marking Juneteenth.

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.

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.