Court Rejects Challenge To Arbitrator’s Opinion In Excessive Force Case
On October 21, 2017, Michael Stanitis, a police officer for the Bridgeport Police Department in Connecticut, responded to an incident in which he and other police officers arrested Carmelo Mendez. On October 22, 2020, the Bridgeport Board of Police Commissioners terminated Stanitis’ employment upon finding that he used excessive force during Mendez’s arrest, and that…