i am stunned

that NO investigation has taken place regarding officer burr. if i lived in oxford, i'd protest the actions of firstselectman palmer. what the hell is HE thinking? one police officer was just murdered by her state trooper ex-boyfriend a week and a half ago. do we need ANOTHER murder to believe domestic violence exists? hell, burr allegedly threatened his state trooper supervisors (who took some incredible action i must add. applause to THEM BOTH). HEY PALMER, WHAT IF HE WAS THE EX OF ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS? i'm not saying he's guilty. i don't know. all i am saying is an investigation appears to be warranted

Judge Orders Cop Off Job Acts After Troopers' Complaints, Three Restraining Orders

By TRACY GORDON FOX
Courant Staff Writer
November 29 2005
Oxford Police Cpl. James Burr has had three restraining orders filed against him by two women and has been suspended from duty and had his guns taken away twice. Two state troopers who supervise him say they think he's dangerous and fear he will hurt them or someone else. But it took a court appearance Monday by a former girlfriend to ensure Burr would not be returning to work or carrying any firearm for six months. "I feel my safety is in jeopardy and I feel scared of him," Burr's former girlfriend, Diane Gaudet, said Monday to Judge Deborah Frankel in Danbury Superior Court. Frankel agreed to extend the restraining order Gaudet filed on Nov. 18 for another six months, during which time Burr, 44, of Prospect, cannot work as a police officer. Oxford First Selectman August Palmer III was going to allow Burr to return to work, over objections from Resident State Troopers Pat Carozza and John Butkevicius, who supervise Burr. They repeatedly warned Palmer and state police supervisors that Burr was unstable, possibly abusing drugs, and potentially violent, and asked for an investigation, according to state police reports about Burr's behavior. Resident state troopers supervise local officers in towns where there is no independent police department, but they don't have hiring and firing capabilities. Palmer, who by town charter is also the town's police chief, took no action against Burr, and the state police administration declined to conduct an internal affairs investigation, despite the fact that Burr had made threatening statements to his ex-girlfriend and the troopers, records show. Palmer would say only that it was a personnel matter and "a personality problem" between Burr and the state troopers.Public Safety Commissioner Leonard C. Boyle said that state police were taking the matter seriously but they cannot hire, fire or discipline a local officer. "We don't have as much ability to address it [when it is a local officer], but that doesn't mean we ignore it," Boyle said.Victims' advocates say the case is an example of how police are often slow to react in domestic abuse cases when one of their own is involved, and that more training is needed."Domestic violence should be seen as any other crime," said Lisa Holden, executive director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Monday's hearing came one week after State Trooper Victor Diaz fatally shot his former girlfriend, Newington Police Officer Ciara McDermott, and then killed himself.Burr, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been a local police officer for 19 years. Besides his service weapon, he owns many firearms that have been confiscated as part of the restraining orders............