Bridgeport Promotes Police Officer Who Was Fired, Re-Hired

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A Bridgeport police officer, who had been fired and then re-hired, has been promoted to sergeant, according to a report in the ctpost.

A Bridgeport police officer who was fired, then re-hired, has been promoted to sergeant, according to a report in the ctpost.
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Carol Reif

01/15/2016 4:00 p.m.

Christine Burns was ousted in 2011 in connection with a cover-up of a car crash involving another police officer, who also happened to be her boyfriend, the ctpost story said, citing a police commission report.

A state arbitrator ordered Burns, then a lieutenant, reinstated, but she was demoted to patrol officer, the ctpost reported.

Neither she, nor the other officer, Peter Billings, were charged in the case, though Billings was suspended for a year, the ctpost story said.

To read the ctpost story, click here.

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