Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board
Via Teams Meeting
Minutes of the Meeting of January 10, 2024
The meeting was called to order at 12:31 p.m. by State's Attorney Margaret E. Kelley.
Also present were: Chief State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin; Deputy Chief State’s Attorney of Administration, Personnel and Finance John J. Russotto; Deputy Chief State’s Attorney of Operations Kevin Lawlor; Deputy Chief State’s Attorney, Inspector General Robert J. Devlin, Jr.; Criminal Justice Commission member Scott Murphy; State’s Attorneys Margaret E. Kelley (Ansonia/Milford), David R. Applegate (Danbury), Sharmese L. Walcott (Hartford), David R. Shannon (Litchfield), Michael A. Gailor (Middletown), Christian M. Watson (New Britain), John P. Doyle, Jr. (New Haven), Paul J. Narducci (New London), Paul J. Ferencek (Stamford/Norwalk), Matthew C. Gedansky (Tolland), Anne F. Mahoney (Windham) Maureen T. Platt (Waterbury). In addition, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Karen Roberg was in attendance on behalf of David R. Shannon (Litchfield).
Also present: Executive Assistant State’s Attorneys Kathryn W. Bare, Lisa D’Angelo, Gail Hardy and Brett Salafia; Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney David Kutzner, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Timothy J. Sugrue, Legislative Liaison Anne Cournoyer, Manager of Research and Planning Kyle Baudoin, and Chief Inspector Michael Sullivan.
MINUTES
A motion to accept the minutes from the December 2023 Advisory Board meeting was made by State's Attorney Ferencek and was seconded by State's Attorney Narducci. It passed unanimously.
MANAGEMENT
Discussion centered on the newly drafted supervisors handbook and whether the Advisory Board had sufficient time to review recent textual amendments made to it. There were no suggestions to amend the handbook further. Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto moved for a vote to approve the handbook. State's Attorney Platt seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto also mentioned that all 20 seats reserved for DCJ supervisors had been filled for the upcoming management training course to be held at UConn’s Hartford campus. State's Attorney Narducci inquired whether DCJ would be developing a management training course for aspiring leaders within the Division. Chief State's Attorney Griffin responded in the affirmative and that such a program would be up and running by 2027.
OPERATIONS
State's Attorney Platt reported that the committee did not meet in December; thus there was nothing new to report. A virtual meeting will be scheduled soon.
PEER REVIEW UPDATE
Deputy Chief State's Attorney Russotto reported that four of the State's Attorneys currently up for review had been interviewed. Their final reviews are pending. Those up for review in 2024 will be contacted in February of 2024 to commence the process.
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS
None reported.
OTHER BUSINESS
State's Attorney Mahoney reported that Connecticut’s Technical Guidelines for Health Care Response to Victims of Sexual Assault are in the process of being updated. More to follow.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 12:45 p.m. by State's Attorney Mahoney and was seconded by Deputy Chief State's Attorney Lawlor. It passed unanimously.