https://scrcog.org/regional-planning/regional-trails/

Here a bunch of trail maps for our region

You don’t need biology to make a family. There are thousands of beautiful, wonderful kids in the system.

He definitely has free medical care through our state health insurance program and likely did right from birth. CT is really good about providing free health care to children and we have excellent hospital systems but lots of parents have a hard time taking care of their kids, even with support.

I’m not going to get in my details because I don’t know you, but your point about one call bleeding into another is valid and I think points to the whole reasoning behind the defund the police movement. The only thing I will share is that I was a victim of a crime on a Sunday night, I realized it and reported it Monday morning and didn’t get to talk to the officer till he came back to work on Wednesday when he completely flipped out on me.

To your point, police should not be in the roles of navy seals, social workers and national guard. We should put some mental health workers on the streets to take the load off the cops. Cops try to (or are expected to) do too much and it seems like many of them don’t know how to de-escalate a situation or even their own moods. A frazzled officer puts everyone at risk.

I appreciate you identifying yourself. I’ve lived & worked in and near New Haven most of my life. I wish things were different but I have never found NHPD to be helpful, at best neglectful and the worst was having to report a crime and then getting literally screamed at by the responding officer that I was lying. It was terrifying.

You are right, there are a lot of factors at play in my experiences and within the policing environment in New Haven. But I can’t really imagine a scenario where I would call the NHPD and not worry that it was going to blow up in my face.

I wish it were better for all our sakes.

I don’t know the answer but I wonder if traffic stops are too dangerous or if they too often result in more work by revealing other crimes occurring. You stop someone for blowing a light and all of a sudden there’s weapons or drugs involved which change the tone of the whole stop/shift.

Have you ever called a New Haven cop for assistance? They are horrific to deal with.