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OT For Sandy Hook Investigators Nears $140,000 Since Jan. 1


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Two officers have both traveled to conferences in the past few months to talk about the Sandy Hook investigation, but state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance (pictured) said none of the overtime for either officer includes their attendance. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant / June 25, 2013)


By DAVE ALTIMARI, [email protected]
The Hartford Courant
11:17 a.m. EDT, August 16, 2013


Eight state police investigators on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have been paid about $139,000 in overtime since Jan. 1, state records show.

Nearly half has gone to two investigators out of the Southbury barracks, who have both put in for more than 500 hours of overtime since the beginning of the year.

Sgt. Joshua Pattberg has been paid $33,637 in overtime since Jan. 1, state records show. Det. Daniel Jewiss, who works with Pattberg out of the Southbury barracks, has been paid $31,093. Each has surpassed his overtime totals for the last fiscal year when Pattberg was paid about $20,000 and Jewiss about $12,000, according to state records.

The overall number includes the four detectives assigned to the crime squad van, the sergeant who oversees the van and three detectives assigned to the Southbury barracks, the closest barracks to Newtown.

Read more: http://www.ctnow.com/news/hc-sandyhook-statepolice-overtime-20130816,0,1308565.story
 
  • #923
Sandy Hook School, Setting Of Newtown Shooting, To Have Fence Installed

08/20/13 11:36 AM ET EDT
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NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The concrete barriers and orange traffic cones blocking the driveway of the elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators will soon be replaced by a black iron gate that officials hope will improve the property's image and keep out gawkers.

Sandy Hook Elementary School and its driveway have been closed to the public since Dec. 14, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot 26 people and himself at the school after killing his mother at their Newtown home. The motive remains unclear.

A local task force in May approved a plan to tear down the school and build a new one on the same property using a $50 million grant from the state. The proposal, which still must be approved by town residents, includes relocating the main driveway down the street and using the old driveway for emergency access only.

Since the shooting, the driveway has been blocked by concrete barriers and traffic cones, with a police officer guarding the site around the clock. The school isn't visible from the street.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/fence-sandy-hook_n_3784396.html
 
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Owner of store that sold Newtown gun pleads guilty

Lee Higgins, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News 10:11 p.m. EDT August 22, 2013

The misdemeanor charges against store owner David LaGuercia are not related to the sale of the Bushmaster rifle used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...-that-sold-newtown-gun-pleads-guilty/2690401/
 
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Child Advocate Presses For Lanza's School Records

By ALAINE GRIFFIN and JOSH KOVNER,
[email protected]
The Hartford Courant
7:19 p.m. EDT, August 23, 2013

The state's Office of the Child Advocate is seeking a court order for the release of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza's school records, documents that are key to their precedent-setting investigation of the events leading up to the December 2012 massacre.

The Child Advocate's office, which investigates all unexpected and unexplained child deaths in Connecticut, first subpoenaed the school records in March, but Newtown school officials have yet to respond voluntarily. On Friday, Attorney General George Jepsen asked a Superior Court judge to order the release of the documents.

Former Child Advocate Jamey Bell said that Newtown school officials were being "extremely cautious" with the request for Lanza's records. Bell has since left the office. Childrens' rights lawyer Sarah H. Eagan will assume the post on Sept. 12.

On January 30, the Child Fatality Review Panel, which is coordinated under the Office of the Child Advocate, began an investigation into the massacre, emphasizing that it wanted to know more about "the mechanism" through which the children were killed. That mechanism was the shooter, Adam Lanza.

There is no blueprint for such an investigation...

Read more: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-newtown-investigation-0824-20130823,0,5994749.story
 
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'I know where the bad guy is': Parents reveal the terrible nightmares of Sandy Hook survivors
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...IVE-IN-TERROR-endure-frequent-nightmares.html

A few nights after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, David Posey heard a strange noise in his house and went upstairs to check on his son. The little boy, who had just seen his teacher and a first-grade classmate gunned down, was pounding on the floor.

"I know where the bad guy is," the child told his father, indicating down below, in hell. "I'm beating him up."


Those poor children are traumatized by this horrific massacre. :(
 
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Newtown officer with PTSD: Town promised 'to take care of us'

A Connecticut police officer likely to get fired for failing to return to work since responding to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School said his employer must keep its promise to take care of him while he battles post-traumatic stress disorder.

“I’m hoping that the town’s going to keep a promise that they made to us," Newtown officer Thomas Bean told TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie. "They promised us – all of us, all the police officers – that if we do our job, and something happens, they’re going to take care of us. And they’re not holding up their word and that’s all we want them to do, for myself and for anybody else that this is going to happen to.”

video at link:
http://www.today.com/news/newtown-officer-ptsd-town-promised-take-care-us-2D11577442
 
  • #930
Newtown officer with PTSD: Town promised 'to take care of us'

A Connecticut police officer likely to get fired for failing to return to work since responding to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School said his employer must keep its promise to take care of him while he battles post-traumatic stress disorder.

“I’m hoping that the town’s going to keep a promise that they made to us," Newtown officer Thomas Bean told TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie. "They promised us – all of us, all the police officers – that if we do our job, and something happens, they’re going to take care of us. And they’re not holding up their word and that’s all we want them to do, for myself and for anybody else that this is going to happen to.”

video at link:
http://www.today.com/news/newtown-officer-ptsd-town-promised-take-care-us-2D11577442

So. Let me start by saying, I'm sorry that this officer is suffering. I'm wondering why he doesn't try to get a job within the department that would be less stressfull....or, why he doesn't just switch careers, instead of opting for disability the rest of his life?
 
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I suspect it isn't the career so much as going on with daily life. We didn't see what he saw. How do you do your days when you close your eyes at night and see what he saw?

That's just MOO.
 
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I suspect it isn't the career so much as going on with daily life. We didn't see what he saw. How do you do your days when you close your eyes at night and see what he saw?

That's just MOO.

It seems to me, though, that doing nothing is not going to help him get past this. At least if he had a different career, or even went to work every day, he might be able to cope better, but as you say, we don't know what he is dealing with. It seems telling, though, that he is the only first responder to not have returned to work, but perhaps it just hit him in a harder way.

It kind of reminds me of the families of the Chardon Schools shooting victim's families (I live near Chardon). For one year after the shooting, these families had all their bills paid (mortgage, utilities, food, gas, everything). They didn't work. After the first year, the "funding" stopped, and boy, did they have a fit!! They wanted the payments to continue, and they were not happy that they had to return to work.

I used to work at a "working farm" for severely, severely mentally ill individuals. The premise was the belief that getting out, getting fresh air, being active, could actually aid in the recovery (or day to day coping) in the patients. It's the difference between living and not living, imo.
 
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so. Let me start by saying, i'm sorry that this officer is suffering. I'm wondering why he doesn't try to get a job within the department that would be less stressfull....or, why he doesn't just switch careers, instead of opting for disability the rest of his life?

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  • #934
It seems to me, though, that doing nothing is not going to help him get past this. At least if he had a different career, or even went to work every day, he might be able to cope better, but as you say, we don't know what he is dealing with. It seems telling, though, that he is the only first responder to not have returned to work, but perhaps it just hit him in a harder way.

It kind of reminds me of the families of the Chardon Schools shooting victim's families (I live near Chardon). For one year after the shooting, these families had all their bills paid (mortgage, utilities, food, gas, everything). They didn't work. After the first year, the "funding" stopped, and boy, did they have a fit!! They wanted the payments to continue, and they were not happy that they had to return to work.

I used to work at a "working farm" for severely, severely mentally ill individuals. The premise was the belief that getting out, getting fresh air, being active, could actually aid in the recovery (or day to day coping) in the patients. It's the difference between living and not living, imo.
I agree...thing is the people you worked with were in a place where there were people to get them out living. It sounds like this officer is calling out for help, knows he needs to do something. Depression, panic and anxiety can be debilitating and all are pieces of PTSD Sounds like they just need help. He may know he is frozen in time, but doesn't have a clue how to move , a cry for help is what I'm seeing there.
 
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I agree...thing is the people you worked with were in a place where there were people to get them out living. It sounds like this officer is calling out for help, knows he needs to do something. Depression, panic and anxiety can be debilitating and all are pieces of PTSD Sounds like they just need help. He may know he is frozen in time, but doesn't have a clue how to move , a cry for help is what I'm seeing there.

I think many more first responders are messed up over what they saw and they wouldn't divulge just how badly they ve been affected because they need their jobs! If they told everyone how badly they are suffering they would get a lot of unwanted attention and lose their jobs. So I think that s one reason ( besides) official gag orders that we aren't hearing more.
I know a first responder very well and that 'a the case with him.
After the massacre all he wanted to do was work on the ambulance to get his mind off what he saw that day and he was had to go through many many interviews to be cleared to work.
And maybe prematurely too IMHO
Also I think there 's a bit of disdain for other people trying to treat their emotional issues. At the time I remember him saying that the therapists they were sent to were theorists and newbies and he felt maybe only comparable situation would be therapists who were trained to help victims ( not soldiers ) of war . And that's a quote

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I know a few people that merely live and work in the town who sought out mental health help...I can only begin to imagine the depth of it for a first responder.
 
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Connecticut adds $16 million to boost school security after Newtown



By Rich Weizel | Reuters – 11-12-2013

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FARMINGTON, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut on Tuesday released an additional $16 million in state funding toward boosting security at school buildings, nearly a year after a gunman massacred 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

The funding follows an initial release of $5 million in September to pay for additions including bulletproof glass, panic alarms, surveillance cameras and other technology. Most of the initial funds were meant for Hartford, the state capital city and Bridgeport, its largest city.

"This allows us to continue to get resources out to the cities and towns that have begun work to modernize their security infrastructure and ramp up safety procedures at school buildings in the wake of the horrific events on December 14th," Governor Dannel Malloy at a gathering in the town of Farmington focused on school security.

"We must do everything possible to ensure that our students and teachers are safe," he added.


Read more: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/connecticut-adds-16-million-boost-school-security-newtown-184651364.html
 
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NRA fundraising since Newtown massacre breaks records

Neil Vigdor, Published 8:22 pm, Wednesday, November 13, 2013



Timothy Coley, left, of Bristol Conn. and Josephy Boniface of East Granby Conn. talk during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford Conn. on Saturday April 20, 2013. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League , the National Rifle Association and Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen are joining forces to challenge the new gun control legislation recently passed by the Connecticut General Assembly after the Newtown school shooting. Among other things, the law expands Connecticut's assault weapons ban and bans large capacity ammunition magazines. Photo: Jared Ramsdell, Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell


Closing in on the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre -- a defining moment for pro-gun control Gov. Dannel P. Malloy -- the political arm of the National Rifle Association is poised to shatter its recent fundraising records.​

For the first time in more than a decade, the NRA's Political Victory Fund has eclipsed the $10 million fundraising mark for the calendar year. It raised $10.2 million through Sept. 30 -- $1 million more than the organization collected in all of 2012 -- according to the Federal Election Commission.​

Used by the NRA to bankroll candidates sympathetic to the Second Amendment and oppose those who support any kind of gun restrictions, the fund had $10.7 million cash on hand at the end of the third quarter.​

The consensus among those on both sides of the raging gun control debate is that the NRA will target some of its vast financial resources on Connecticut, where the face of sweeping new restrictions on firearms is Malloy, who is up for re-election in 2014.​



Gun rights activists gather during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford Conn. on Saturday April 20, 2013. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League , the National Rifle Association and Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen are joining forces to challenge the new gun control legislation recently passed by the Connecticut General Assembly after the Newtown school shooting. Among other things, the law expands Connecticut's assault weapons ban and bans large capacity ammunition magazines. Photo: Jared Ramsdell, Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell

 
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Gun-permit applications soar in Newtown

State lawmakers eye restrictions after Sandy Hook massacre

Published: 22 hours ago


(HARTFORD COURANT) Pistol permit applications in Newtown skyrocketed in the five months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, exceeding the entire totals for both 2011 and 2012.

The jump in Newtown, where 20 first-graders and six women were shot and killed on Dec. 14, mirrors a statewide increase in the months following the shooting and as the legislature was debating tougher gun-control legislation.

Newtown residents applied for 183 permits from January through May of this year, a 110 percent increase from the same period last year. Newtown residents applied for 87 permits during those months in 2012. Connecticut towns award temporary permits. The state then awards the full permit.

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Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/11/gun-permi...oar-in-newtown
 
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GE gives $15M for Newtown, Conn., community center

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-19-13-28-14

General Electric is the employer of Peter Lanza, the father of Newtown gunman Adam Lanza. Peter Lanza issued a statement the day after the massacre in which he expressed sympathy for the victims' families and said his own family was struggling to make sense of what happened, but he has not spoken publicly.
 
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