The Connecticut police union representing 2 recently suspended officers, accused of mishandling the investigations of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, says it's trying restore the officers to duty.
Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim announced Sunday that Detective Kevin Cronin and Detective Angel LlanosThey were in charge of handling the death investigations of Smith-Fields, 23, and Rawls, 53, both Black women who died Dec. 12 in Bridgeport.
"We will file grievances over the placement of Detectives Llanos and Cronin on administrative leave to restore them back to full duty status," Seely said. The police union and a city spokesperson did not immediately respond to NBC News' requests for comment.Cronin and Llanos are currently subjects of internal affairs investigations and face disciplinary action “for lack of sensitivity to the public and failure to follow police policy in the handling of these two matters,” Ganim said Sunday.
Smith-Fields, 23, was found unresponsive Dec. 12 in her Bridgeport apartment by a man she had met on Bumble, who called police to report that he had awakened to find her unresponsive with a nosebleed.
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