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Public commenter raises concerns about police handling of local domestic-violence deaths
Summary
A resident urged the council to investigate disparities in police responses after contrasting the West Haven Police’s reported 2,800 investigative hours in one case with what she described as delays in other investigations into deaths of women and a child.
A West Haven resident, Vanessa Suarez of Quinnipiac Avenue, used the council’s public comment period on May 27 to criticize local police response in multiple domestic-violence deaths and to press the city for answers about investigative urgency and consistency.
“2,800 hours. I want you to remember that number,” Suarez said, referring to the amount of investigative time the speaker said the West Haven Police reported publicly in a different recent case. She contrasted that figure with what she said were…
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