Police Officers Assist Young Bridgeport Family Stranded at West Haven Train Station

WEST HAVEN, CT — Two West Haven Police officers are being commended for their actions in assisting a Bridgeport teen and her younger siblings who were stranded at the West Haven Train Station after they missed their stop in Bridgeport.

A letter of Meritorious Service was issued to Officers Tim Healey and Matt Jordan in recognition for the “care, concern and compassion that they showed in this case for the children.”

At about 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 14, Healey and Jordan responded to the train station on the report of a 15-year-old female with three of her siblings stranded on the platform due to them missing their stop in Bridgeport.

The teen told police that she went to New York City to pick up two of her siblings and they were supposed to get off in Bridgeport but they fell asleep on the train and didn’t have money to get back home.

Healey and Jordan took the children back to police headquarters where they contacted their mother.

The mother doesn’t have a vehicle and had no other means to have the children picked up since the train was how they were supposed to get home, according to police.

Police said the officers took it upon themselves to call Metro Taxi and to pay the $35 charge for the children to return home.

“Actions taken by these officers during the course of this incident represent what we as police officers do to serve the public and protect our youth,”Sgt. Joseph D’Amato wrote to Lt. Robert Urrata in the performance notice. “The actions of Officers T. Healey and Jordan reflect well on this department and law enforcement as a whole.”