New Canaan Police Officer Kelly Coughlin. NCPD photo
Officer Kelly Coughlin started in the role of Community Impact Officer or ‘CIO’ Jan. 1, according to Police Chief Leon Krolikowski.
Established in 2014 following the armed robbery of a jewelry store on Elm Street and filled in the past by Officers Roy Adams and Ron Bentley the position has been cut for stretches of time in the past due to budget restrictions and staffing needs.
In October, the People’s Bank on Main Street was robbed at gunpoint, and between two brazen daytime thefts in November, more than $7,000 in merchandise was stolen from Ralph Lauren on Elm Street.