Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that a tentative contract deal with the Connecticut State Police Union is geared toward improving recruitment and retention at a time when police departments are struggl.
No details of the four-year deal will be released until they are presented to the union’s membership. The bargaining unit is composed of troopers, sergeants and master sergeants and is the last to reach a wage agreement with the administration.
Important allies are cool to an idea Gov. Ned Lamont unexpectedly floated during a campaign debate and intends to pursue: Repealing the exemption that allows residents to possess AR-15 rifles purchase.
Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee that is crucial to the passage of gun laws, said he senses no appetite in the General Assembly to go back on the assurances made to gun owners.