Ansonia cop’s 8-day suspension cut in half

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Naugatuck Valley Bureau Chief
ANSONIA — A city police officer’s eight-day suspension for a 2008 incident in Bridgeport has been reduced to four days, after a state board determined the original punishment was too long.
The state Department of Labor Board of Mediation and Arbitration issued a ruling Oct. 6 in the case involving Officer Joseph Jackson.
The board ruled the city must reduce Jackson’s suspension to four days, and pay Jackson the difference in lost wages. Jackson’s permanent personnel file must be changed to reflect the board’s decision, the ruling shows.

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