Police Sergeant Who Investigated Trumbull Police Commissioner Sought Arrest Warrant: Report

TRUMBULL, CT—A police sergeant who investigated Trumbull Police Commission member Roger McGovern intended to request an arrest warrant for impersonating a police officer, according to a police report.

The State's Attorney's office decided not to charge McGovern.

Sgt. Michael Pires wrote in a report that he obtained video surveillance from Stop and Shop that was consistent with Bernardino Nieva's statement that McGovern was trying to collect $2,600 for damages incurred during a traffic accident, according to the Trumbull Times.

Nieva had claimed McGovern showed him a badge on Aug. 28 that appeared shiny and possibly gold. Members of the Police Commission are given chrome badges that could appear amber-tinted under florescent lights, according to the report.

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Nieva claimed that McGovern had shown him a badge and indicated he was a law enforcement officer after a confrontation near Nieva's home, according to a previous police report.

Video shows McGovern reach into his pocket, remove his wallet and hold it in front of his upper abdomen area. McGovern didn't return a voicemail from Pires requesting a statement, but told Chief Michael Lombardo that he never showed a badge, according to the report.

Read the full Trumbull Times report here.