HARTFORD, CT — The city of Hartford and the Hartford Police Union have asked a judge to block subpoenas issued by the city’s inspector general, heightening a clash over independent oversight of the police department.
Members of the Hartford Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) authorized the inspector general in April to issue legal demands for police to turn over internal affairs records in seven stalled cases.
The subpoenas would force the internal affairs commander to produce material such as body camera videos and interviews with officers taken during investigations into citizen complaints.