Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board 

Office of the Chief State's Attorney

300 Corporate Place

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Minutes of the Meeting of February 1, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 12:31 p.m.

Present were: Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin; Deputy Chief State’s Attorneys John Russotto and Kevin Lawlor; Inspector General Robert Devlin; State’s Attorneys David Applegate (Danbury);  Joseph Corradino (Fairfield), John Doyle (New Haven), Paul Ferencek (Stamford/Norwalk), Michael Gailor (Middletown), Matthew Gedansky (Tolland), Margaret Kelley (Ansonia/Milford), Anne Mahoney (Windham), Paul Narducci (New London), Maureen Platt (Waterbury) David Shannon (Litchfield), Sharmese Walcott (Hartford), Christian Watson (New Britain); Executive Assistant State’s Attorneys Lisa D’Angelo, Gail Hardy and Brett Salafia; Senior Assistant State’s Attorney  Timothy Sugrue; Labor Relations Administer Annemarie Paone-Mullin; Chief Inspectors Michael Sullivan and Frederick Haddad; Legislative Liaison Anne Cournoyer, Communications Director Alaine Griffin; Manager of Research and Planning Kyle Baudoin; Grants & Contracts Manager Chandra Williams; and Criminal Justice Commission Member Scott Murphy (via telephone).

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

New officers for 2023 were nominated and elected unanimously. State's Attorney Michael Gailor was elected President; State's Attorney Kelley was elected Vice President; and State's Attorney Ferencek was elected Secretary.

MINUTES

A motion to accept the minutes from the January 11, 2023 meeting was made by Deputy Chief State's Attorney Lawlor and seconded by State's Attorney Ferencek. It passed unanimously.

MANAGEMENT

Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto announced that the Chief State's Attorney/ Deputy Chief State's Attorney/State's Attorney retreat will be held in March 2023 at Water’s Edge in Westbrook. 

OPERATIONS

State's Attorney Platt provided an update regarding the Connecticut Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and each Judicial District's obligation to report targeted crimes to the state lab. The lab is requesting monthly reporting in each Judicial District.

Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto submitted three proposed Division firearm policies for Inspectors denominated as (1) Firearms Training (501a); (2) Firearm Maintenance (501b); and (3) Possession and Security of Firearms (501c). All were approved.

PEER REVIEW UPDATE

Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto announced that State's Attorneys Gedansky, Narducci, Mahoney and Corradino, and Inspector General Devlin are scheduled to be peer reviewed in 2023.

POTENTIAL CONFLICTS

State's Attorney Walcott discussed the conflict between citizen review boards in the Hartford Judicial District reviewing police misconduct issues and concluding differently than did police department Internal Affairs offices. How this conflict impacts the Division's Giglio obligations was also discussed.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 12:39 p.m. It was seconded by State's Attorney Narducci.