Rivera, 34, said growing up in the inner city of Meriden he was inspired to become a police officer by his cousin, Lt. Francisco Ortiz of the New Haven Police Department.

The city’s embattled police department receives a much higher number of complaints than similarly sized departments, a Courant review of police records reveals. Yet, Meriden rarely sustained a ...

A Meriden woman is accusing her hometown police officers of “excessive ... Graphic photographs of the face of Mary Bunch are part of the reason why she no longer trusts her local police department.

The Meriden Police Department said the search was conducted in the area of Liberty Street at Sunset Avenue around 8 a.m. on Thursday. City Hall was locked down for more than an hour, ...

MERIDEN, CT (WFSB) - A dispatcher was arrested for inappropriately using the police computer system in Meriden. Police confirmed that they arrested 26-year-old Jonathan Miller on September 12.

MERIDEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Meriden police arrested a man they say was manufacturing ghost guns. According to police, during June, 2022, members of the Meriden Police Department’s Crime Suppression ...

A video of tho Meriden police officers arresting a suspect after a car crash in Meriden is going viral. Some say the officers went overboard with their use of force; Meriden Police Department defen… ...

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Meriden Police Department is hoping to reunite a kitten with its owner after it was found in a stolen car, authorities said on Tuesday. Meriden police said they be… ...

For the first time ever, the Meriden Police Department has a service dog on its team. The addition of K9 John to the team was made possible through Puppies Behind Bars, ...