CSP reforms begin

Governor Rell has appointed Linda Yelmini to be the Deputy Commissioner of Internal Affairs for the troubled CT State Police. About Ms. Yelmini, excerpted from the WhiteHouseProject.org:

She was the state's director of labor relations in the Office of Policy & Management since 1997, and its assistant director from 1990-1997. Yelmini was graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1972 and received a master's in business administration from the University of New Haven in 1981 and a law degree from Western New England School of Law in 1985. She was the state's director of labor relations in the Office of Policy & Management since 1997, and its assistant director from 1990-1997. Yelmini was graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1972 and received a master's in business administration from the University of New Haven in 1981 and a law degree from Western New England School of Law in 1985.

Gov Rell also created a special commission to oversee reforms in the Connecticut State Police's problem-plagued internal affairs unit.

I sincerely hope that everyone here is committed to reforming the system... punishing the "bad guys" (those who were either directly involved in the wrongs or had clear knowledge of the wrongs) AND exonerating the "good guys" (who I presume to be 99% of our 1,240 officers).

Tim White
Town Council, 4th District

(Is Yelmini's position a new one? The article doesn't seem to say.)