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Lussier,

Christina

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From:

Sent:

To:

Subject:

Attachments:

Sent

from my

iPhone

Begin

forwarded

message:

Grant,

Kelly

Wednesday,

January

13,2A1,6

5:01 PM

Lussier,

Christina

Fwd:

Ansonia

PD

Use

o{

Force

Investigation?

Valley

Indy

FOI

Request.txt;

ATT0000l",htm

From :

Ethan

F.y


2/11

On

Wed,

Jan

13,2016

at4:04

PM,

Grant, Keliy

wrote:

I

just

spoke

with our

Legal

staff,

you

can

contact

Reporls

and

Records

for

a

copy of

the l'eport,

or

you

can

submit

a

FOIA

request, The

Chief

State's

Attorney

Office

also

conducts an

investigation

and

you

can

iontact

them

for

furlher

assistance,

I

will

not

be able

to

get

you

basic

details

about

the

reporl

until

tomorrow.

After

a

complete

investigation is concluded,

the

State's

Attorney's

Office

will

review

the

find.ings and determine

whether

or

not the

use

of

force was

justified.

The

State's

Attorney

will

complete

a written

report

detailing

the investigation

and

its

findings

which

are

public

and

can

be

viewed

online

at

http://www.ct.

From: Ethan

Fry

[mailto:elelandf@gmail,com]

Sent:

Wednesday,

January 13,

2016

3:48

PM

To:

Grant,

Kelly

Subject:

Rel Ansonia

PD

Use of

Force

Investigation?

Thanks

for

your

call.

Can you

give me

whatever basic

infornation

you can

regarding the report?

Appreciate

it,

Ethan

On

Wed,

Jan

13,

2016

at 3:40

PM,

Ethan

Fry


3/11

I'm

a

reporter

on deadline.

In

the interests

of the

story I'm writing

and

have

to

hand

in

by the

end

of the

day

(5

p.rn.),

can

you

explain

why

members

of

the

public

have to

wait an undetermined

amount of time

to find

out

the facts behind

a shooting

involving

a

police

officer?

This is the

flrst

time

we've

ever

been

sent

such

instructions

in

response

to a

request

fol

a

copy

of

a

public

record.

Thanks,

Ethan

On Wed,

Jan 13, 2016

at2:57 PM,

Grant,

Kelly

wrote:

Ethan,

Copies of reports are obtained

through

Reports

and Records.

To

obtain

a

police

reportvisitour

website

at ct.gov/despp

and click the "state

police

reports"

link

orcall 860-685-:8250,

Thank

you

From:

Ethan

Fry

[mailto:[email protected]]

Sent:

Wednesday, January 13,2016 2:43 PM

To:

Grant,

Kelly

Subject:

Ansonia

PD

Use

of Force Investigation?

Trooper Grant,

Ethan

Fry here fi'om the

Valley

Independent

Sentinel

in Ansonia

(http://www,Valleylndv.org)


4/11

I'm

writing a story about a

plea yesterday

in Derby

court involving Maurice

Beall,

who

was

arrested Feb,

2,

2Al4

after being

shot

by

an

Ansonia

police

officer

during

a

physical

confrontation.

Mr.

Beall's

lawyer

said the state

police

conducted

(and

completed)

a

use

of

force

investigation

into

the

incident.

I was

just

wondering

whether that's

the

case,

and

if

so, could

you

send

me

a

copy of

the

reporl

via

email

fureferably)

or by fax

(g\A-qll-gq0Tl

Thanks,

Ethan

2A3-446-2335

(office)

203-241-3516

{cell)


5/11

('#*

Lussier,

Christina

From:

Sent:

To:

Subject;

Attachments:

Lussier,

Christina

Tuesday,

March

22,20L6

2'.42

?M

Castagliuolo,

Stephen

Request

# 6-267

2O160322L438 18453.

pdf;

Req

uest

Fo

rm

C

hristina.doc

Good

Afternoon

Major,

Due to

a

glitch

in Outlook,

the

attached

request was

inadvertently

missed

and

our unit

did not

acknowledge

the

req

uest. The

requester

has

filed

a complaint

and it

would

be

great

if

we could

get

the

information

to him

quickly

so

he

may

withdraw.

Thank

you

for

your

assistance,

Christina


6/11

Department

of Emergency

Services

and Public

Protection

Office

of

the

Commissioner

To:

Major

Castagliuolo

Professional

Standards

From :

Christina

Lussier, Administrative

Assistant

Legal

Affairs

Re:

Freedom of

Information

Act

Request

Sutrpoena

AG/Litigatio

n

Reques

llLaw

Enforcement

lleq

uest

-

Yictim Advocate

Request

pursuant to

C.G.S.

$

46a-13b

et

seq.

Date:

March

22,2A16

aaltarllrlalttaaltltllllaaatalrtrrilltllarllrrttlfllllrlllrrlllllllt'tt-l

Please

provide

this

office

with

one copy

of

the

following:

Use of

Force

Report per

attached

request.

In

order

to

fulfiIl

our

obligations

in

this

matter,

this

office

must

reccive

the

requested

information

by

April

5,

2016.

Failure

to

provide the

information

by this

date

may

adversely

impact

the

agency

and/or may

require

testimony

from

your

troop/unitloffice.

Should

you

have any

questions

concerning

this

request,

please contact

the

Legal

Affairs

Unit

at

(860)

685-8150.

Please

advise

this

office

if

there

is

a

pending criminal

investigation

or

prosecution

related

to this

matter,

or if

the

matter

has

been concluded,

please

provide

documentation

concerning

the

final

disposition.

File

Number;16-267

llequester:

Fry


7/11

,{*

Lussier,

Christina

Fronr:

Sent:

To:

Cc:

Subject:

DelGrosso,

Jay

Thursday,

March24,2016

12:I"1

PM

Lussier,

Clrristina

Castagliuolo,

Stephen;

Pendleton,

Michael

F;

Davis, Michael;Giglio,

Marcia

RE: Request

#16-261

Ms,

Lussier,

The case

referenced

in

your

request

for

file,

16-267

is

a Police involved shooting. This

case was

investigated

by Trooper

Rachael

Van

Ness

#1431 and supervised by Sergeant

Joshua

Pattberg

#130 both

of Centrai District Major Crime,

This

case was

investigated

under

1400065455

as a Use of Force Case. Normal course

of

action

in a case involving

a Use of

Force incident

with

another

Department

is a Use of force report is

completed

by that

deparinrent. ln

this case

the

Officer involved

is

from

the Ansonia

Police Department. Therefore the

Ansonia

Police Department Use of Force

policy

would

be referenced and

the Ansonia Police

Department would

complete a Use of Force report

for

this incident, Our

agency would

conduct the

Criminal

{nvestigation and

submit

the

results of the investigation

to the local

States

Attorney's office

and

those

reports

would

be

held

in

our

Reports and

Records

section.

lf our agency conducted

a Use

of

Force

report for this incident it would

be recorded

in

NEXGTN and the hard

copy

report

would

be

held

in a

file

located

at the offices

of

lnternal Affairs,

I

checked the

NEXGEN

records of reports

for

1400065455

and no

Use

of

Force

report

was

created for this

incident.

I

also hand

searched

all

of

the

Use

of Force reports

for

2014

held

at

our office

and

one has

not been filed

for

Maurice

Beall.

lf

you

have

any furtherquestions

please

do not

hesitate

to contact me directly.

Lieutenant

J

DelGrosso

#045

Connecticut State Police

lnternal Affairs Unit

203-630-4353 Desk

860-558-9267

Cell

From :

Castagl

iuolo, Stephen

Sent:

Tuesday,

March 27,2A762:47

PM

To:

Pendleton,

Michael

F;

Davis,

Michael; DelGrosso, Jay

Cc: Lussier, Christina;

Giglio, Marcia

Subjectr

FW:

Request

#76-267

Lts Davis,

Pendleton

&

DelGrosso;

Please

see

attached.

Can

you

assist

and

get

Christina the requested documents.

Please contact

me

with any

problems,

Thank

you.

Major Stephen

P.

Castagliuolo

COMMAND]NG OFFICER

Bureau

of Professional Standards

and Compliance


8/11

Connecticut

State

Police

294

Colony

St., Building

#6

Meriden,

CT 06451

(203)

630-43a3

(office)

(860)

62s-s661

(cell)

ste

phe

n.

ca

stjr

gl

i

uolo

@ct.eov

,,The

ultimote

meqsure

of

a man

is

not

where

he

stands

in

moments

ol

comfort and convenience,

but where

he

stonds

at

times

of chaltenge and

controversy,"

Martin

Luther

King,

Jr.

From:

Lussier,

Christina

Sent: Tuesday,

March

77,

2A76

2:42

PM

To:

Castagliuolo,

Stephen

Subject:

Request

#L6-267

Good

Afternoon Major,

Due

to

a

glitch

in

outlook,

the

attached

request

was

inadvertently missed

and

our

unit

did

not

acknowledge

the

request.

The

requester

has

filed a

complaint

and

it

would

be

great

if

we

could

get

the

information

to him

quickly

so

he

may

withdraw,

Thank

you

for

your

assistance,

Ch

ristina

n


9/11

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AFFAIRS

UNIT

March

31,2016

Ethan Fry

Valley

Independent Sentinel

158

Main

Street,

Suite

305

Ansonia,

CT

06401

RE: File

16-267

Deal

IvIr'.

Fry,

l: researching

youl'request,

I believe

the

case

you

are referring

to is

CFS#

1400065455,

I have

attached a Connecticut Judiciai Branch

printout

to

avoid

any

confusion as to

the

investigation

you

are

seeking.

The

case number referenced above was

investigated by

the

Connecticut

State Police-'W.estern District Major Crime

in

addition

to

the

Aasonia Police

Department.

There is

a statutory fee

of

$16.00

associated

with

obtaining

investigative

reports

completed

by

the

Connecticut State Police

under Connecticut

Genelal

Statute

$29-10b.

Please

courplete and

return

the

attached Request

for

Copy

of

Repod Form:

DPS-96-C, along

with

payment,

for

processing.

I have also listed

the Ansonia Poiice

Department's contact information

beiow for copies

of

any reports

completed by

their

agency that

you

may require.

Aasonia Police

Deparlment

2

Elm

Street

Ansonia, CT

06401

Phone

(203)

735-1885

Fax

(203)

734-6398

Piease reference

fi1916-267

in all

cornmunications

and

payments

to

this agency related

to this request.

Respectfully,

ru;:"'";,

cK{;??

TFC.

Michael Evangelisti

#7 7

4

Connecticut

State Police- Legal

Affairs

Unit

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fuIi dcll

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CT

064

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Plrone:

(860)

685-8150/Fax.

(860)

685-


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CoPY

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Name

of

Person Requesting

Fleport Copy:

(First,

Ml,

Last)

Mailing

Address:

(Street

/ P. O.

Box)

(Many

accident

reports

may

also be obtained

on

the

internet

at

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search fees

(C.G.S.

S

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by check

or money

order

payable

to

"Treasurer

State

of CT"

in

the

proper

amount:

lndicate

the

number of uncertified

reports

requested:

@$16.00

per

request

lndicate

the

number

of

certified.reports requested:

@$17.00

per request

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$

E-Mail Address:

.

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eleat

cipt

an

electronlc

response to

your request,

if

applicabie.

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wii6n

may

riquire

additiona

review

or

requests

for certified

copies

will NOT

be

transmitled

electronically,

and

will

be mailed via

the United

States

Postal

Service.

Mail

the

check or money

order in the amount

required

and

this

request

to:

DESPP-Reports

&

Records

Unit,

1111

Country Club

Road,

Middletown,

CT

06457.

Case

Number:

Date

of

Incident:

MM

DD

YY

City

or Town of lncident:

Name of

Any

Principal Party:

Last,

First,

How involved

Date

of Birth

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License #

(it

availabte)

Last,

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How involved

Date

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