The New Canaan Police Department is hiring two Connecticut residents as new officers after seeing 100-plus candidates put in for the positions.
Nolan Heintz. Photo courtesy of NCPD
Nolan Heintz, 30, of Greenwich, and Christopher Rodrigues, 22, of New Milford, “successfully endured an intensive testing and selection process including a written examination, physical agility testing, interview panel, polygraph, psychological evaluation, background investigation, medical testing, and Police Commission interview,” the department said in a press release.
Most recently employed as a Greenwich Police Department officer, Heintz started his law enforcement career with NYPD after earning a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from Farmingdale State College. As a sworn officer with a state certification, he will undergo about seven weeks of field training with NCPD before being assigned solo patrol duties as a probationary police officer.
Christopher Rodrigues. Photo courtesy of NCPD
Rodrigues graduated from New Milford High School and studied construction technology at Norwalk Community College, working most recently for a relocation company. He will train with the Connecticut Police Academy, graduating March 30, then undergo a minimum of 400 hours of field training with the NCPD before being certified as a probationary police officer.