Segar pointed out that this same deal was not extended to Taylor despite others also failing to draft domestic violence reports. Taylor had four reports and five warrant requests incomplete.īorer said that he was especially troubled by Taylor’s mistake because one was for a domestic violence warrant.Īll other 59 officers took a deal for suspension over a hearing that Dominguez offered. Borer said that Taylor was one of 60 officers who did not complete reports, which was revealed in a 2019 audit. Brendan Borer spoke as the first witness on Taylor’s conduct at the NHPD. “If I’m unable to trust that an officer is going to be able to carry out basic functions, how am I then going to be able to trust and how is the public going to be able to trust that this officer is going to be making decisions, to take the liberties of someone in arrest, to be able to use the appropriate amount of force in a use of force situation?” Dominguez said in her recommendation to terminate Taylor. These included failures to complete reports and warrants, mishandling a domestic violence call, leaving behind drug paraphernalia evidence in his patrol car, making a stop at the Hamden Home Depot for a “plumbing emergency” while on duty and neglecting an assignment to aid the Parks and Recreation Department.įollowing their testimony, NHPD Acting Chief Renee Dominguez offered her recommendation that the board terminate Taylor. Last week, Taylor filed a lawsuit against the city and the NHPD saying that he faced religious discrimination as a practicing Rastafarian.Īt the hearing, Dugas introduced four witnesses who had each uncovered separate incidents of alleged misconduct by Taylor at the NHPD. Segar alleged that the NHPD had been targeting Taylor with harsher punishments than other officers received, claiming they harbored a “get Kenroy” mentality.
The board heard presentations from attorney Floyd Dugas representing the city and the New Haven Police Department Union lawyer Marshall Segar defending Taylor. New Haven’s Board of Police Commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to terminate New Haven police officer Kenroy Taylor, who was placed on paid leave for a pattern of untruthfulness and mishandling cases throughout 2020.
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