Legal Opinion
Meredith v. Police Commission of the Town of New Canaan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 12, 1980PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParskey, J.
This dispute began on January 3, 1978, when the plaintiff filed a written complaint with the New Canaan police department alleging that a police officer used excessive force on a prisoner in his custody. After a preliminary investigation, the chief of police brought the charges to the attention of the police trial board1 (hereinafter the board), which considered the charges in closed sessions on February 16 and 23, 1978. Except when he testified, the plaintiff was excluded from the proceedings. The press and public were barred from the entire hearing. After these sessions, the board cleared…
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