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Town To Purchase Additional License Plate Readers, Security Cameras for NCPD

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Municipal officials this week approved a $67,500 contract to purchase five license plate readers and eight security cameras for the New Canaan Police Department, to be installed around town. The contract with Flock Group Inc. will “supplement what we currently have” at NCPD, according to Police Chief John DiFederico. “We currently have 10 cameras,” DiFederico told members of the Board of Selectmen at their regular meeting, held Tuesday at Town Hall and via videoconference. “This is to get into a contract for five more and eight video cameras. This will be in addition to the 10 we currently have with the company.”

First Selectman Dionna Carlson and Selectmen Steve Karl and Amy Murphy Carroll voted 3-0 in favor of the contract. 

The funds are coming from a state grant that the town’s grant writer, Greg Reilly, was able to secure, DiFederico said.

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DUI Charge: Man, 30, Crashes into Utility Pole

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Police last week arrested a 30-year-old Rye Brook, N.Y. resident and charged him with driving under the influence. At about 12:56 a.m. on Oct. 31, officers responded to Park and Pine Streets after a vehicle struck a utility pole, according to a police report. There, police found that the man was the only occupant of the car involved in the single-vehicle crash, the report said. While speaking with him, police found signs of impairment, including an odor of alcohol, it said.

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Disorderly Charge for New Canaan Man, 38

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Police on Sunday night arrested a 38-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with disorderly conduct. At about 6:35 p.m. on Oct. 27, officers responded to a local residence on a reported dispute between the victim and arrested man, police said. Through an investigation, authorities established probable cause for the misdemeanor charge, according to a police report. Under state law, people are guilty of disorderly conduct if they “with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk … [e]ngages in … threatening behavior; or … annoys or interferes with another person,” among other reasons.

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‘Dedication, Expertise and Diligence’: Letters of Appreciation for NCPD Officers

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The following letters of appreciation for New Canaan Police Department officers were released by Chief John DiFederico at the Sept. 18, 2024 Police Commission meeting. ***

Dear Chief DiFederico,

We wanted to get you a quick note to thank you for the support and kindness of two New Canaan police officers last weekend. We were out for a wedding and received an alert from our alarm company Friday evening about 9PM. The alert was for an interior motion detector, which was specifically concerning, so we authorized ADT to request a call from the New Canaan Police.

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Arrest Warrant: Former Town Worker Vandalized Irwin Park Porta Potty

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Police on Oct. 11 arrested a former town employee and charged him with third-degree criminal mischief in connection with the vandalism of an Irwin Park porta potty last summer. The arrested man, a 54-year-old Rowayton resident, had resigned in March 2023, though his manager was planning to terminate him at the time, according to a police arrest warrant application obtained by NewCanaanite.com. 

Police learned of the vandalism in September 2023, when a town worker reported the vandalism to authorities, telling officers “there was writing on the porta potty containing expletive and phallic imagery,” the arrest warrant application said. 

Photos of the vandalism shown to police included disparaging language “and a drawing of a penis and testicles,” the application said. The municipal worker told police that others had identified the suspect as a former town employee. Two days later, police learned of text messages that the former worker had sent to another employee on the day that the vandalism appeared, July 13, 2023 (a Thursday).