Trumbull PD Promotes Four

TRUMBULL, CT — Trumbull Police promoted four officers to new ranks Dec. 3. There are now two new sergeants and two new lieutenants in the department.

Several ranking officers have retired over the past year and more vacancies are expected to be filled. There are still six vacant entry patrol officer positions.

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Lieutenant Anthony Lopes has been an officer with Trumbull Police for 12 years and graduated
from Central CT State University with a Bachelor’s Degree. He was most recently assigned to
Support Services as a sergeant and is expected to move back to the Patrol Division as a Shift
Commander soon. Lopes also supervises the department’s Scuba Team and is a certified EMT.

Lieutenant Brian Weir has 19 years as a Trumbull officer and has been assigned to the
Detective Division as a sergeant for the past several years. He will remain in that assignment for
now. He will complete his Master’s Degree in 2019 from Sacred Heart University. Weir is a
member of the department’s Emergency Response Team and participates with the Trumbull
Police Cadet program as an Advisor.

Sergeant Paul Driscoll has 17 years with the Trumbull Police Department and was last assigned
to the Patrol Division. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Westfield State College in Westfield,
Massachusetts. Driscoll is also a rider with the department’s Motorcycle Unit.

Sergeant Paul Coutinho has been a Trumbull officer for 13 years and was last assigned to the
Traffic Unit. He is a certified Accident Reconstructionist and a rider with the department’s
Motorcycle Unit. Coutinho is about to complete his Bachelor’s Degree from Southern CT State
University. Both Driscoll and Coutinho will assume new assignments as Patrol supervisors.

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