Conn. firefighter handcuffed in on-scene dispute with police officer

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Conn. firefighter handcuffed in on-scene dispute with police officer

By William Kaempffer

The New Haven Register

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Fire Department Lt. Filipe Cordero started out to help a woman apparently overdosing on drugs, but instead ended up in handcuffs in the back seat of a police car.

Details of what happened Wednesday might be in dispute, but the end result is not, and Thursday the chiefs from the Police and Fire departments launched a joint Internal Affairs investigation into the matter.

"Sometimes at the scene, things become very tense as each side has to do their job," said city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga, who confirmed the firefighter was briefly handcuffed and detained. "We're going to take a thorough look at what happened ... and if something needs to be corrected, we'll find that out through the investigation."

Full story: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/04...ostarrested.txt

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