Glastonbury PD Releases Personnel File Of Ex Cop Accused Of Misdoings

GLASTONBURY, CT — A resignation letter sent to the Glastonbury Police Department by a former officer now charged with computer-related crimes for the improper use of a law enforcement database stated a desire to become a commercial pilot. He was cited for just one minor transgression in his four-year career at the GPD.

The personnel file of 37-year-old Patrick Hemingway was made public Monday after a Freedom of Information request. He is currently in custody on a $1 million bond after being extradited from New Jersey on a fugitive warrant last Thursday. Hemingway is due back before a just on Nov. 15, judicial system records show.

Hemingway, who resides in Glastonbury, tendered his resignation from the GPD in July with an effective date of Sept. 1. He was on the job from Jan. 7, 2019 until Sept. 1. He was previously with the Bristol Police Department for about a decade and his resume also shows he was part of a helicopter crew with the Army National Guard.

Hemingway has been charged in Connecticut with first-degree computer crimes and making a false statement.

The arrest warrant for Hemingway stems from what state police termed "multiple alleged misuses" of the Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing system, commonly called the COLLECT database. The arrest warrant affidavit has been sealed by the court.

"This investigation remains active," state police said.

A week before his arrest, Glastonbury police said they were investigating a "local burglary" that may have involved a "former officer."

In a news release, local police said investigators were "alerted to the possibility that a former Glastonbury police officer was a person of interest" in "a recent burglary" probe. The investigation has involved "multiple jurisdictions," according to the news release, and the Connecticut State Police Major Crimes Unit was called in to assist.

His personnel file shows just one minor transgression for which he was assigned "supervisory counseling." Last year, a local tenant complained that a property owner was posting images of "lease violations" on an office window. The landlord claimed that Hemingway was on the property illegally to "investigate" them.

A police investigation determined that Hemingway was not on the property illegally, but that is also was not a police matter.

Hemingway had been making about $98,000 as an officer in Glastonbury, according to his personnel file.