Redding Police Department

Update 9/6/08 9:00am: Road cleared and Re-opened

Limekiln Rd closed due to tree and wires down, unknown time for re-open. Check back here for updates.

The Redding Police Department will fingerprint any resident, Town of Redding Employee or prospective employee or other person who is required to be fingerprinted for employment and works or resides in the Town of Redding, at the following times:

6:45 am – 7:15 am

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

10:45 pm – 11:15pm

Should any person listed above need to be fingerprinted outside of these times, an appointment must be made by calling the on duty supervisor (938-3400)

If there is an incident that necessitates an immediate police response, and no other officer is available for fingerprinting, the appointment will have to be rescheduled.

Redding Residents & Redding/Region 9 BOE Employees:   $5.00

Non-Residents: $10.00

Fees for Other Services:

Records Check (Town of Redding only): $10.00

Letters of Good Conduct: $20.00

Police Reports: $1.00 per page.   (Photos – additional charge)

The Redding Police Department received a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation – Highway Safety Section – to increase and supplement existing DUI enforcement efforts during the holiday weekend, a program knows as, “Over the Limit…Under Arrest”. As a result of the increased activity 4 DUI arrests were made over the Labor Day weekend.

1) 8-29-08 9:00pm Redding Rd (RT 107)

Deborah Shanley (age 51) Hudson St – Bethel

Charges: Failure to Drive Right, DWI

Court Date: 9-11-08 ($50 bond)

2) 8-31-08 1:00am Redding Rd (RT 107)

John Turner (age 49) Lantern Rd – Stamford

Charges: Failure to Drive Right, DWI

Court Date: 9-11-08 ($50 bond)

3) 8-31-08 10:00pm Black Rock Tpk (RT 58)

Leonardo Desouza (age 33) Lincoln Ave – Danbury

Charges: Failure to Drive Right

DWI

Operating Under Suspension

Operating without insurance

Court Date: 9-17-08 ($350 bond)

4) 9-1-08 1:20am Redding Rd (RT 53)

James Sears (age 41) Greenwood Ave – Bethel

Charges: Operating an Unregistered MV

DWI

Operating Under Suspension

Court Date: 9-18-08 ($40 bond)

Additional Charges:

The Redding Police Department made over 130 motor vehicle stops, and in addition to the DWI arrests, charged 4 people with Operating with a Suspended License, 7 with Operating Without a License, and 10 people with Operating an Unregistered Motor Vehicles. “These are all individuals who should not have been on the road in the first place and these enforcement efforts by Redding Police Officers as well as officers across the region, helped to ensure that motorists traveling during this holiday weekend were able to reach their destinations safely.”

Douglas S. Fuchs

Chief of Police

DUI Enforcement Program

As we approuch the Labor Day holiday weekend, The Redding Police will be out in force, adding extra patrols designed strickly to focus on tracking down and stopping drunk drivers.

Thanks to funding provided by the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, extra officers will be on patrol in marked and un-marked cruisers.

Update: 4 DUI arrests have already been made by officers involved in this program.

Redding Police are conducting extra radar patrols in various town locations for the start of the school year. As a reminder to parents, it is important to sit down with your teenage driver to help explain and understand the new driving laws in Connecitcut. These laws, if violated, come with some stiff penalties.

For more information on the new teen driving laws, go to the Department of Motor Vehicle’s website:

http://www.ct.gov/dmv/cwp/view.asp?a=805&Q=260218

Rte 58 re-opened both directions

Rte 58 shut down by Joel Barlow both directions due to accident. A report will follow when the road is re-opened.

News items will appear here as well as catagories to view department motor vehicle actvity soon. A sample is below.

Also, an RSS feed is avaible on this news site.

Check back soon!