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Police Chief Bill Baldwin said the department continues recruitment efforts and is trying to “curb that amount of overtime.” He reported the department was at about 74% of its overtime budget to date and described steps to reduce overtime, including limiting some community-event staffing. Baldwin also reported 406 traffic-related incidents in July, of which 243 were speeding offenses; officers made eight DWI arrests and responded to 109 motor-vehicle crashes.

Chief Baldwin said four recruits are scheduled to graduate from police academies on Sept. 17 — three from Meriden and one from Waterbury — and three certified officers are considering a transition to the department. Deputy Chief Barone added that three officers currently on field-training will complete their training in coming weeks.

Fire Chief David Tripp reported Engine 1 was put in service the day of the meeting and that an annual Emergency Preparedness (EPPI) exercise, required for EMPG grant eligibility, is scheduled for Sept. 9 at the Emergency Operations Center. Tripp said the department had been short-staffed, estimating it is down by four positions, and that July overtime rose due to vacations and long-term absences; he said no hiring is planned for the current fiscal year. Tripp also updated the board on the Torrinford apparatus transfer to the city and said legal work on the property transfer was near completion. The chief said the department is evaluating options to change the Torrinford vehicle’s yellow color either by wrap (cost estimate ballparked at $10,000) or a paint job.

The board approved a motion to accept Officer Jeffrey Larias as a regular member of the Joint Chiefs Police Department effective Aug. 26, 2025, after completion of his probationary period. The board also accepted the fire chief’s July report and the EMS provider activity reports by voice vote.

Chief Tripp and Chief Baldwin publicly thanked mutual aid partners and ambulance crews; Tripp noted a July second-alarm fire that displaced seven residents and resulted in two injured firefighters transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. The chiefs also thanked volunteers who supported the MDA drive that raised about $12,000, according to remarks during the meeting.

The board recessed briefly after the awards ceremony to allow honorees and families to exit, then resumed the regular agenda for reports and votes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","September 3, 2025 | Board of Public Safety Regular Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At the Sept. 3 meeting, Torrington police and fire chiefs reported on hiring, overtime, training and apparatus status; the board accepted July reports and EMS activity, and approved Jeffrey Larias as a regular police officer after his probation.","taxTitle","Torrington, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut","taxId",52777,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6476705,"Board adopts promotions policy after subcommittee review",127,3268000,3395000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade&start=3268&end=3395","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade/thumbnail_3268000.jpg","/articles/6476705/Torrington/Northwest-Hills-County/Connecticut/Board-adopts-promotions-policy-after-subcommittee-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6476705-b873280c789b2ffb0b8e83d03cbff7f3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144973&Signature=Uq5GA~nOZ0YDk8G4XbnWur40Z4gp8EbbeMgfSnaWoFWiHRHKK0iAfyQ6QbrhIe1eJ1Nwbfu5W6YjGFsPLDRcz0kR-5wLTOV3u0EEisb4NqHq4YLc9~y62vD7L5LnGw7MDE8EYpOYROEMJVDTB5DgrkkZUlxBUVm~AvmpB~oX03VxQ~f77-yc8EbES9EyUHaXaUtm6m8T~7FgMCcTfoBok37aMAMQdpy~v6WA-5Yv6erwhAMRKcvjvtqQgkRp2OK~NSiz9oZHEpiley4LlhbysyOztEOgZVtKftuiPUHUz-SG8pkyzGsISaXhwNv~IkqijcmZH5BTFd6UTCXNL-fl~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Torrington Board of Public Safety voted Sept. 3 to adopt the promotions policy recommended by the Board of Safety Public Subcommittee.

Commissioner McLeod reported that a subcommittee meeting on Aug. 25 — attended by police leadership and committee presidents — produced a version of the policy the group could support. McLeod said the participants agreed the policy should allow flexibility for exceptional circumstances, such as conducting multiple promotions in a single meeting when appropriate.

The motion to accept the policy was made by Commissioner McLeod and seconded by Commissioner McElroy. The board approved the policy by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the public transcript.

The policy will guide how the department handles promotion presentations and associated procedures going forward, including occasions when an awards ceremony and promotion actions occur in the same meeting.

Commissioners closed the subcommittee business and returned to the full agenda.","After a Public Subcommittee meeting on Aug. 25, the Torrington Board of Public Safety voted Sept. 3 to adopt a promotions policy for department promotions, allowing flexibility for circumstances such as multiple promotions on a single night.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6476709,"Torrington promotes Jared Hall to fire marshal, names John Ryan deputy fire marshal",111,2732000,2843000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade&start=2732&end=2843","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade/thumbnail_2732000.jpg","/articles/6476709/Torrington/Northwest-Hills-County/Connecticut/Torrington-promotes-Jared-Hall-to-fire-marshal-names-John-Ryan-deputy-fire-marshal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6476709-ea09e38eadcf9bb78805d3da21c554ce/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144973&Signature=o5TSsJ4pb6TakJUXELR6DpypwazmsLcBEro9Ya14PdQGRaPiAapLhEOx89UkhPRGZ3CMCjy0AsOYYaoXxdVU9DFW4q~ZQbVuG3xHIvVPZznKBM5Rwc4bkkfTrRrJD80V1RsN-vQNT0-HF5SiVQSQV2fn2PhI171kdJHoar4-G6C9Pzk4PGb2PzW2IpioWR-TyUv-o9dStXOYkJxv166s~oPn13R6PdyP188Auz91nTI1OlSEdqi6fLq9JD67cywmzWKn01eNog10s-zmTbAweDA7p1hwseVqXbt0AK2~IxBPUzNKlNIbSWucGjIObUkOR~Xdf3cp~XqIJ4g8KoK3rA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Torrington Board of Public Safety voted unanimously on Sept. 3 to promote Deputy Fire Marshal Jared Hall to fire marshal and to promote Firefighter John Russell Ryan to deputy fire marshal, both promotions effective Sept. 7, 2025.

The board discussed the personnel matters in an executive session conducted pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes section 1-200, subsection 6(a), which authorizes closed deliberations on personnel. The mayor and commissioners returned to open session before the promotions were moved and seconded on the record; the chair called the voice votes and announced “motion carries” for both promotions.

The board did not record a roll-call vote in the open session transcript. The motion to promote Jared Hall was seconded and then approved by voice vote. The later motion to promote John Russell Ryan was likewise seconded and approved by voice vote. The board administered oaths of office following the approvals.

Mayor Eleanor Carbone and department leaders congratulated the newly promoted officials during the meeting.

The board’s action follows the executive-session personnel review and becomes effective Sept. 7, 2025, per the motions approved at the Sept. 3 meeting.","The Torrington Board of Public Safety voted Sept. 3 to promote Deputy Fire Marshal Jared Hall to fire marshal and to promote Firefighter John Russell Ryan to deputy fire marshal, both effective Sept. 7, 2025; the promotions followed an executive session on personnel.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6476714,"Torrington honors officers with lifesaving medals and officer-of-the-year awards",2478,95000,2573000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade&start=95&end=2573","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5717618-89b30b82dfa2f03f07027452d242bade/thumbnail_95000.jpg","/articles/6476714/Torrington/Northwest-Hills-County/Connecticut/Torrington-honors-officers-with-lifesaving-medals-and-officer-of-the-year-awards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6476714-8f9406ae96fa285736a1e6f5443f4cbb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144973&Signature=S3Q1LKS-twltVE1i-jDKKMA5HG5VElXaA~OE0aV5CzTmwL~uCixI~3PDrvu-jKPY5Eir21Desjqb73dULV9NS-X9mWFoj7YDLThgfinmfmSdS3hT-~rgcRrwdwoKD41wzvAEMtxCxTf2-2OADmbZ05dWXG8mvdtxB5xGFhnt5gev9oHuglkqc6UmZklPvIjX1HTyJToxLt9UlRzgAfLe17cB6L1fYzPT~bpZji3h0yXcKF7jPU4mErtY8E53HBHQaIq82CE~QC9Ow4utAyjW6FWxj0udqkiQpIbdS3Wp4Xx6pARmk8DDPMehmYiTxr8cbWWlf8Tt5YHuBtuKVb1tBQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Police Chief Bill Baldwin and department leaders presented lifesaving medals and multiple Officer of the Year awards at a Torrington Board of Public Safety ceremony on Sept. 3, 2025.

The awards recognized three recent incidents in which officers’ prompt medical actions were credited with preventing deaths. Police said Sergeant Derek Messier of the Canton Police Department applied a tourniquet after responding to a two-motorcycle crash on Winstead Road on May 25, 2025; hospital staff later told investigators the injured rider had lost about half his blood and was in critical condition until stabilized. Chief Baldwin said Messier’s “quick action of applying the tourniquet saved the victim’s life.”

Officer Richard Locks and his K-9 partner, Farrell, received a lifesaving award for locating an unconscious woman who had taken prescription medication on July 15, 2025. Torrington police said the woman would likely have died within an hour if she had not been found. Officer David Curtin received two lifesaving awards: one for a motor-vehicle collision on April 18, 2025, where he applied tourniquets and coordinated care until EMS arrived, and a second for a 2022 stabbing response in which he provided emergency trauma care and assisted during transport.

The department also presented Officer of the Year awards spanning multiple years. Honorees named during the ceremony included the posthumous 2025 outstanding officer award for Sergeant Nick Littery; 2024 Officer of the Year Matthew Balanek; 2023 Sergeant Matthew Gonska; 2022 Officer Hannah Thompson; 2021 Sergeant Dustin Baldus; 2020 Captain Brett Johnson; 2019 Sergeant Matt Faulkner (not present); and 2018 Officer Michael Gallagher. Chief Baldwin said the names will appear on a recognition plaque shared inside the department.

Deputy Chief Perron read award criteria for the lifesaving medal, noting the award recognizes “an act performed in the line of duty where disregard for personal safety and/or prompt and alert actions resulted in the saving of a life.” The chief and department leaders emphasized that awards resulted from a peer review committee that reviews nominations and incidents.

The department publicly thanked Torrington Fire Department crews and Trinity Ambulance personnel for their role in patient care at the scenes described. Chief Baldwin closed the ceremony by saying the awards underscore the department’s “integrity, honor, service, and commitment to justice.”","At a Sept. 3 Board of Public Safety ceremony, Torrington police recognized three officers with lifesaving awards and named officers of the year for 2018–2025, citing specific incidents in which rapid first aid and field medical training were credited with saving lives.","actionData","errors"]

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Torrington chiefs report staffing, overtime and equipment updates; board accepts monthly reports

Board adopts promotions policy after subcommittee review

Torrington promotes Jared Hall to fire marshal, names John Ryan deputy fire marshal

Torrington honors officers with lifesaving medals and officer-of-the-year awards