As soon as he can, Manchester police Sgt. Bill Young said he will leave the job he has loved for 24 years, the profession he wanted to be part of since he was a kid.
The married father of two is is one of several police officers who told The Courant they are planning an early exit from law enforcement in Connecticut after the legislature this week passed a police accountability bill that Gov. Ned Lamont is soon expected to sign.
The 71-page bill will significantly change policing in the state, prohibiting many vehicle searches, mandating that all officers wear body cameras, banning chokeholds in most cases, creating a new independent inspector general to investigate officers’ deadly use of force and expanding municipal civilian review boards statewide.