New London The City Council has scheduled an Aug. 10 referendum to allow voters to determine the fate of a controversial police staffing ordinance.
The council repealed the 80-officer ordinance in March, calling the number arbitrary and not supported by any recent studies on city policing. The council’s repeal led to a petition drive and collection of enough signatures to force the council to either rescind its vote or schedule a referendum.
A previous council had passed the 80-officer ordinance in 2014 during a time when there was a drop in the number of officers and low morale at the police department in part because of a threat of layoffs. There were 65 officers at the time the ordinance was passed and the 80-officer goal was never reached. The department had 73 officers as of last month.
Coast Guard s Eagle Moving to City Pier in Connecticut
The Coast Guard barque Eagle is in Boston Harbor, Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Eagle, operated by the pre-World War II German navy and taken as a war reparation by the U.S., is now a training ship. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham/U.S. Coast Guard)
9 Apr 2021 The Day, New London, Conn. | By Greg Smith
NEW LONDON The Coast Guard barque Eagle has secured priority docking at City Pier that will allow it to call New London s waterfront home for at least 20 years.
The City Council on Monday approved a license agreement with the Coast Guard that provides a berth for the Eagle adjacent to the future National Coast Guard Museum the $100 million facility to be built behind Union Station.
New London The Coast Guard barque Eagle has secured priority docking at City Pier that will allow it to call New London’s waterfront home for at least 20 years.
The City Council on Monday approved a license agreement with the Coast Guard that provides a berth for the Eagle adjacent to the future National Coast Guard Museum the $100 million facility to be built behind Union Station.
Mayor Michael Passero said having the Eagle, known as America’s Tall Ship, as a feature of the city’s waterfront was always part of the long-term vision for the city and museum. “That’s been our goal for many years and goes hand in hand with development of the Coast Guard museum. We expect that area of the waterfront to be transformed over the next couple of years,” he said.
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New London A petition drive is underway to reverse the City Council’s recent repeal of an ordinance that mandates a minimum staffing level at the police department.
The petition calls for the council to reconsider its March 1 vote to repeal the 80-officer mandate or, if the council does not reconsider, move the question to a citywide vote.
The council voted to repeal the 2014 staffing ordinance with support from a coalition of different groups in the city, the same groups who have called for reductions in the police budget in line with a national movement pushing for police reforms.
The repeal of the ordinance does not prohibit the police department, now at 73 officers, from increasing its staff, nor does it impact police funding. But former city councilor John Russell, who helped organize the petition drive, said the repeal was a thinly veiled first step toward “defunding,” police.