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Police departments nationwide are struggling to hire officers. How is Hamden PD responding?

The Hamden Police Department is seeking officers, but over the past few years, it has had trouble closing the gap — and it is not the only department facing that predicament.  Currently, the department, which is budgeted to hold a staff of 103 sworn officers, is reporting a deficit of seven officers, according to Timothy…

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First Black chief named to lead Hamden Police

Hamden Police Department will welcome its first Black chief later this month after Mayor Lauren Garrett has announced native Edward Page Reynolds will take over for Tim Wydra.

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How Hamden is redefining the role of police in schools

Amid distrust in the police at both a local and national level, leaders from the Hamden government, police department and Board of Education spent months drafting an updated memorandum of understanding for school resource officers in Hamden’s public schools. SROs are police officers that are stationed in schools in case there is a potential threat.…

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Hamden Police Department receives over 100 working firearms during Gun Buyback program

The Hamden Police Department received a total of 103 working firearms, including two assault weapons over this past weekend during its second-ever Gun Buyback event allowing individuals to safely dispose of unwanted firearms. Donations were accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. where many residents and non-residents could receive cash and gift cards in exchange…

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CXO apartment vandalized, community reacts as investigation is ongoing

Quinnipiac Public Safety and the Hamden Police Department are currently investigating three suspended students who vandalized Chief Experience Officer, Tom Ellett’s on-campus home.

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Hamden Town Council Committee unanimously advances bill banning facial recognition technology

Both Republican and Democrat legislators agreed that the use of facial recognition was a threat to residents civil rights and civil liberties.

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Hamden appears on list of police departments that have tried or used facial recognition technology

A BuzzFeed article from April 6 reported that local police departments have used a facial recognition tool to look through millions of American’s faces, and Hamden Police Department is on the list for having used or tried this technology.  HQNN spoke with Captain Ronald Smith at the Hamden Police Department to clarify, who said on…