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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the top two leaders of state police will be retiring. The departures of public safety Commissioner James Rovella and Col. Stavros Mellekas come in the
Connecticut public safety chief James Rovella and State Police Col. Stavros Mellekas will step aside, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday, adding the departure of top State Police brass to recent turmoil created by an ongoing scandal involving falsified traffic records.