Judge to Listen to Newtown 911 Tapes Before Decision 08 Nov 2013 New Britain Superior Court Judge Eliot Prescott said Friday he will listen to recordings of 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School — “as little as I may want to do that” — before deciding whether the calls should remain secret pending an appeal of an order to make the tapes public. The Freedom of Information Commission in September ordered Newtown police to release tapes of 911 calls made from inside the school during the Dec. 14, attack, ruling unanimously that the calls were not exempt from mandatory disclosure. That decision was made over the objections of Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III, who has appealed the ruling in court and sought a stay of the order to release the tapes.
Connecticut prosecutor tells judge to block release of Sandy Hook 911 calls 08 Nov 2013 A Connecticut prosecutor urged a judge Friday to block the release of the desperate 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre [DHS drill]. A stay “will protect crime victims and witnesses as well as allow information relative to child abuse to remain protected,” State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky argued in court papers. “At a certain point, people ask what is there to hide,” said FOI attorney Victor Perpetua, who insisted the public has a right to know how police responded to the mayhem. “The longer it is delayed the more questions are raised.”
Newtown police officer first on Sandy Hook scene faces firing 07 Nov 2013 Newtown officials have notified a police officer who hasn’t returned to work since responding to the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that he could be fired. Thomas Bean, a 12-year veteran, submitted a two-sentence letter from his doctor indicating that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the horrific scene he encountered inside the school. Bean, who was off duty on Dec. 14, responded to the school and entered at least one of the classrooms where children were killed. In a June letter to Bean, Chief Michael Kehoe wrote that he received notice that Bean is “100 percent permanently disabled from performing the essential functions of your job as a police officer.” [See also: Letter from Newtown's Police Chief to Officer Bean.]
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