Two Bridgeport Officers Suspended Over Handling of Women’s Deaths
The New York Times
The mayor put the officers on leave, citing a “lack of sensitivity” in their handling of the cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, who died in Bridgeport, Conn., on the same day.
Two police detectives assigned to the cases of two women who died in Bridgeport, Conn., have been suspended from their duties and put on administrative leave, effective immediately, the city’s mayor announced late Sunday.
The detectives, Kevin Cronin and Angel Llanos, were assigned to the cases of Lauren Smith-Fields, 23, and Brenda Lee Rawls, 53, both of whom died on Dec. 12. The women’s families have said that they learned of the deaths not through the Police Department, but through a landlord and a neighbor, respectively.
The families have also said that they have struggled to get details about the deaths of their loved ones from the Department. Detective Llanos oversaw the handling of both cases, the Police Department said.
