New Canaan Police Commission approves unpaid leave for Officer Sanborn

The New Canaan Police Commission at a special meeting April 3, 2025, approved an unpaid leave for Officer Sanborn through May 21, 2025, following an executive session to discuss the personnel matter.

The decision came after commissioners moved into a closed executive session to consider an unpaid leave proposal for one officer. After the commission returned to open session, a commissioner moved to approve "Officer Sanborn's unpaid leave until 05/21/2025," another commissioner seconded the motion and commissioners voted in favor by voice; the transcript records multiple "aye" responses. The meeting did not record a roll-call vote or a numeric tally.

The commission opened the special meeting specifically to discuss the leave request and recessed into executive session under the motion to consider the officer’s unpaid leave. The approving motion included a provision that Sanborn may return sooner if she is available. No additional details about the reason for the leave, benefits, pay status, or departmental coverage during the leave were provided in the public record.

No other substantive business was recorded at the special meeting; commissioners moved to adjourn after approving the leave. Because the personnel discussion occurred in executive session, the public record includes only the actions taken in open session: the vote to approve the leave and the adjournment.