Crime & Safety
Windsor Police Chief Cleared In Review
An independent investigation cleared Police Chief Donald Melanson regarding his handling of a dashcam video.
WINDSOR, CT - An independent review body found that Chief Donald Melanson did not violate the department's policies or state law in disposing of a dashcam video from a February incident, according to the Hartford Courant. The review board did state that Melanson should have retained the dashcam tape once the crash victim filed a complaint about the officer involved.
The review board recommended the department update its policies on retaining videos.
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The dashcam video was of Officer Michael Tustin, who responded to a crash involving former Board of Education president Cristina Santos. Santos has accused Tustin of acting based on political bias in his investigation of the crash.
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