Crime & Safety
Fund Honoring Fallen Cop Makes Donation To Manchester PD
The Ben Lovett Memorial Fund has made a donation to the Manchester Police Department.

MANCHESTER, CT — A fund set up in memory of a fallen police officer has made a donation to the Manchester Police Department.
MPD officials this week accepted a $3,000 gift from the Lovett Family and the Ben Lovett Memorial Fund.
The fund was set up to assist first responder organizations in memory of Ben Lovett, a Vernon native and South Windsor police officer who died in 2021 from injuries sustained in an off-duty crash in Tolland when his motorcycle was hit by a drunken driver.
Lovett worked with Manchester police as a member of the East Central Narcotics Task Force.
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A fund was set up in his memory to assist first responder organizations.
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