Kudej steps down from Shelton Board of Aldermen
Brian Gioiele
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Alderman Stanley Kudej attends an Inauguration Ceremony for Shelton Mayor Mark A. Lauretti and other elected officials at the Shelton Senior Center in Shelton, Conn., on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2019. Lauretti took the oath of office to start his 15th term.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON Stanley Kudej has resigned his seat on the Board of Aldermen.
Mayor Mark Lauretti confirmed Kudej’s decision, saying he has “not been in good health” as his reason for stepping aside. Kudej, a Republican, has spent some two decades as second ward alderman. He was reelected this past November.
Four new members appointed to Shelton EMS Commission
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Exterior of Shelton City Hall, in Shelton, Conn. Jan. 11, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON The Board of Aldermen have appointed four people to the city’s five-member EMS Commission, drawing opposition from the panel’s leader who is also an alderman.
The aldermen, at its meeting Thursday, voted 5-2, with Noreen McGorty and David Gidwani opposed, to appoint Republicans Eric Graf, Justin Sabatino and Christopher Motasky and Democrat Karen Tomko-McGovern to the EMS Commission. The four join McGorty, the commission’s chairwoman.
Out of the commission are Thomas DeMarco, Beth Tiberio, Nancy Minotti and Karen Minopoli.
Shelton police union reelects fired officers to top board spots
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SHELTON The city’s police union has elected its new executive board all of whom are officers terminated from the department last year.
Dave Moore was elected president, John Napoleone vice president and Caroline Moretti treasurer on Tuesday during the union meeting.
Union representative Mike Lewis said the vote was an “indication of continued support by the membership” for those officers who the union deems to have been “unjustly terminated.”
Napoleone had been president and Moore vice president last year when both were terminated, along with then-Officer Michael McClain, for dereliction of duty in July.
Experts: Many CT police officers keep certification even after being fired
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A fired officer will often have violated the department’s ethics code or standards of conduct, but the offense won’t rise to the level of revoking certification, experts say.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
FAIRIFIELD A review process is launched whenever police officers are fired, but in most cases, it does not mean they will lose their certification, law enforcement experts say.
In most instances, the officer will have violated the department’s ethics code or standards of conduct, but the offense won’t rise to the level of revoking certification. This means officers are generally able to start working at another department as was the case with a member of the Shelton department who was fired last year and then was hired this month in Fairfield.