Now short-staffed, YPD ups recruiting
January has been a sad month for law enforcement officers on two-wheelers.
Roughly six months after the Yale Police Department acquired two Segways through an anonymous alumnus donation, officer Ivan Griffiths — one of the pioneers of rock-and-roll crime-fighting in New Haven — retired last week after 15 years of service with the YPD. This week, officer John McKenna — a 19-year YPD veteran who manned a daytime bicycle beat — announced to his colleagues that he too was retiring, effective Feb. 1.
But besides losing two seasoned and well-known officers, the YPD now finds...
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