Veteran Darien Police Lieutenant Retires After More Than 37 Years

DARIEN, CT — The Darien Police Department last week bid farewell and honored a veteran officer of more than 37 years.

Lt. William Duignan officially retired on Oct. 1. He joined the DPD on Feb. 3, 1985, and served in multiple roles including officer, detective, ERT member, field training officer and detective sergeant, the department said in a Facebook post.

As a Lieutenant, Duignan served as both a field services platoon commander and as detective bureau commander. For the last two years, according to the department, Duignan had been staffing the platoon commander position on the midnight patrol tour.

"Lieutenant Duignan; for your 37 years and eight months of dedicated and honorable service to the men and women of the Darien Police Department and to the Town of Darien as a whole, we offer our best wishes for a long, healthy and prosperous retirement," the department said in a Facebook post.

"Your knowledge, skills and abilities, coupled with your dedication to duty and to professional law enforcement and public safety, are duly noted and celebrated here today," the department added. "Thank you for your longstanding and exemplary service, which justly serves as a model for all Darien Police Department personnel, present and future. Lieutenant Duignan; well done and Godspeed."