Mayor 'Immediately' Reinstated Police Chief After Investigation

New London CT

18 November, 2021

5:59 PM

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NEW LONDON, CT — In early October, New London Mayor Michael E. Passero placed Police Chief Brian M. Wright on administrative leave with pay pending an internal investigation regarding a complaint lodged against Wright. Thursday, Passero said the "independent investigation into the complaint and allegations made against the Chief of Police while he was a Captain has been completed." Passero "immediately reinstated Chief Brian M. Wright to full duty," after the findings and conclusions were made available, a statement from the Mayor's office reads. The complaint that temporarily removed Wright from his post was a sexual harassment accusation from when he was police captain, according to the investigators' letter to the city. "Please be advised that I have completed my investigation and conclude the following: 1. Then Captain Wright did not sexually harass _____________ as that term is defined under law; and 2. There is no evidence at all to support the contention that Captain Wright "retaliated" against ______________through his adverse findings in the ___________ investigation. NLPD Chief Wright investiga... by Ellyn Santiago  >