HARTFORD – Following the statement released by the Connecticut State Police Captains and Lieutenants Union (CSEA SEIU) regarding the reassignment of Lt. Paul Vance, the Connecticut State Police Union issued their own statement, asserting that the opinions of CSEA SEIU Local 2001, which represents the 36 State Police captains and lieutenants, is not reflective of the larger State Police Union.
“The Connecticut State Police Union does not have any concerns with the decision to transfer Lieutenant Paul Vance from the State Police’s public information office to the traffic services unit.”
According to the statement, the assertions in CSEA SEIU’s statement that the reassignment is ‘an example of the Commissioner’s management style that negatively impacts the men and women of the Connecticut State Police…’ is “not reflective of the opinion of the Connecticut State Police Union membership.”
They went on to add that “The Connecticut State Police Union, Inc. rarely addresses internal State Police transfers publicly and we had no intention of addressing Lieutenant Vance’s reassignment except to clarify that we did not issue the earlier statement that was released by the captains and lieutenants union.”
The Connecticut State Police Union concluded their statement by assuring that the decision to transfer Lt. Vance was based on a great deal of respect for him and that “the traffic services unit, which has historically been run by a lieutenant, has gone without a lieutenant for an extended period of time. [They] are confident that Lt. Vance will provide the leadership that the traffic unit needs.”
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