Fired Danbury Officer Attempts To Get Job Back

DANBURY, CT — Fired Danbury officer Christopher Belair is attempting to get his job back after being fired in 2013. The city is fighting the effort.

Belair was fired after a video showed him yelling at a driver and threatening him, according to the News-Times.

Mayor Mark Boughton fired Belair following a traffic stop that took place during a snowstorm. The driver was intoxicated.

"Stop being in this country and almost ....... killing people," Belair said, "because you're too ....... stupid to call for a ride. Honestly, if there wasn't four other cops here, I'd beat the .... out of you right now."

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Boughton at the time wrote that Belair was uncooperative during an internal affairs investigation and that he shut off his cruiser's camera and didn't turn on his microphone during the stop.

"I wish to emphasize that while the above list of violations is long, the single event of your outrageous statements to the operator, delivered with obvious personal animosity and intimidation, in my view constitutes just cause for your discharge from the City of Danbury Police Department," Boughton wrote.

An arbitration panel found that the city should've suspended Belair for 90 days. The city is appealing the ruling.

He was found not guilty in a jury trial of third-degree assault and threatening.

Three other officers were suspended for between 30 days and six months for the incident.

Read the full News-Times story here.

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