Government

FBI and Yale Police Summer “Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy” Application Period Open

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The FBI in New Haven and Yale University police invite teens to take part in a youth academy aimed at sparking interest in law enforcement careers.

The fourth annual Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy is set for July 14 to 20 at Yale. The application deadline is April 5. The free academy is an overnight camp chaperoned by police and FBI employees. Students must be 15 to 18 years old, full-time Connecticut residents, returning to high school in the fall and have at least a 2.7 grade point average, among other requirements. The program will include lessons on forensic investigations, crime-fighting cyber technology, civil rights and other subjects. Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Dadakis: Two-Way Dialogue Missing from Bergstein’s “Community Conversation”

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“While Mrs. Bergstein, at her Greenwich meeting, claims she wanted a ‘conversation’, the reality was no one in the audience was allowed to have a conversation with her on tolls or anything else. Rather any question had to be submitted in writing and then Bergstein aides chose which ones would be presented. That is not a conversation. I left the scheduled one hour meeting after 45 minutes because not a single question from the audience, written or otherwise, had been answered.” – Ed Dadakis Continue Reading →