“Crime is out of control in Connecticut. We all know it,” Stefanowski said at a press conference publicizing his endorsement by police unions in Hartford, Bridgeport, Stamford and other cities.
A Hartford City Council subcommittee on Monday gave a favorable recommendation to send back to the full city council the tentative four-year successor collective bargaining agreement reached between the city and the police union.
The agreement, which 84% of the police union voted to accept, is now in the hands of the Hartford City Council and the Municipal Accountability Review Board (MARB), which have the right to approve or reject it.
With the city of Hartford and the Hartford Police Union continuing contract negotiations, the Hartford City Council on Monday referred a resolution seeking an update on negotiations to a council subcommittee.