The New London Police Department scored some headlines this morning over
at the Mothership due to 29 drug busts in the last week.
NLPD, along with the Statewide Narcotics Taskforce, made 15
arrests on Thursday , along with 11 on Friday, capping off the weekend with three more on Sunday.
Freshman Councilor Michael Buscetto, who heads the Public
Safety Committee that has oversight on the police department, called the spate
of arrests “phenomenal” and “impressive.”
“Once you set this type of precedent, drug users are going
to start going in different directions,” he said.
Buscetto said the arrests should lead to better morale on the
force and in the city.
And it seems the narcotics crackdown has become a trend along
the shoreline.
According to the New Haven Register, 36 arrest warrants for
drug dealers were issued in Clinton and Westbrook during February.
The arrests add to the NLPD’s run of good publicity in the
past month. The police union became the first city department to accept mandatory
drug testing, also one of Buscetto’s initiatives.
Residents can give anonymous tips about drug activity to the
NLPD at 860-447-9107.