New Haven Register – by Mercy A. Hayle
NEW HAVEN >> State police Maj. William Podgorski, a 24-year veteran of the department, has died after suffering from a brief illness.
Trooper Kelly Grant said Podgorski, 49, the Western District commander, died Monday after surgery. The illness was not disclosed.
Sometime after surgery on Friday, Podgorski was transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital from another hospital, Grant said. He died there Monday morning surrounded by his family.
The Farmington resident is survived by his wife and three children.
Podgorski led the Western District, which includes Troop A in Southbury, Troop B in Canaan, Troop G in Bridgeport and Troop L in Bantam.
“Speaking on behalf of all the troopers in Litchfield, we’re all devastated,” said Lt. Stavros Mellekas, the Troop L commander. “He was a great guy, nice guy, family man. All the guys are really upset.”
Podgorski previously worked as the commander of the state crime lab and oversaw the Western District Traffic Unit.
In 2006, Podgorski, then a lieutenant, earned a Lifesaving Award from the department after saving a young woman who crashed her car in New Britain.
The woman had crashed her car into a median, with the impact of the crash causing a beam to penetrate the car, severing her leg.
The department said Podgorski came upon the crash and realized the severity of the injury and that he needed to stop the bleeding. Podgorski got a bungee cord from his vehicle and used it as a tourniquet, slowing the blood loss. The woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Paramedics and emergency room physicians said she would have died if Podgorski hadn’t stopped the bleeding.
Podgorski also received a second Lifesaving Award and two Outstanding Service Awards, but details of how he earned those weren’t immediately available.
“His career was both varied and extraordinarily accomplished,” said Commissioner Dora B. Schriro, of the Department of Emergency Service and Public Protection in a letter to employees Monday.
“Many of us have had the privilege to work with Major Podgorski during his distinguished career and as such, we are all deeply saddened by the passing of such an impactful public servant,” Schriro wrote. “His reputation exceeded the bounds of this agency and touched so many of us in Connecticut’s law enforcement community and in state government.”
Podgorski joined the Connecticut State Police on Nov. 3, 1989, as a member of the 100th Training Troop, Schriro said. During his career he served as a field trooper out of Troop G in Westport, Troop A in Southbury, the Governor’s Security Unit, the Western District Traffic Squad, the Office of Field Operations and the Central District Traffic Squad.
He was promoted to sergeant in 1999 and served in the Central District Traffic Squad, Troop G, the Western District Traffic Squad and the Office of Field Operations.
In 2008 he was promoted to major. He worked in the Division of Homeland Security, on the Commissioner’s Staff, in the Division of Scientific Services and most recently as the commanding officer of Western District Headquarters.
“At times such as we encounter today, mere words cannot convey our sorrow, or the size of this loss to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, to the State of Connecticut, and, most importantly, the Podgorski family,” Schriro wrote in her letter.
Schriro said in recognition of Podgorski’s service to the department, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has instructed that state flags at all DESPP facilities are to be lowered to half-staff, effective immediately, until sunset on the day of his internment.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been finalized.
My Fellow Americans:
Ok,.. why do I care if another communist cop died?
“Traffic Squad” – This is a statement of admission that he played a key role in the police departments money extortion scam called “Traffic Tickests”.
He probably also participated in the ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL,.. DUI Check points,… you know,… the check points that cops set up and stop traffic any place they feel people do not have an escape route,… then violate their 4th and 5th Amendment Rights (plus one or two others I’m sure…)
JD – When a cop is put up to public fanfare because he REFUSES to violate the Constitution or Bill Of Rights,… THEN,.. we would have someone that is noteworthy!
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Is there a specific reason I’m overlooking regarding why this is posted?
Death Conspiracy Theory with Podgorski’s connection to Sandy Hook, and that he was ready to expose the false flag or, is it related to his possible opposition to Connecticut’s gun laws??
Just curious.
Just another minion of the evil doers getting thrown under the bus…When will they ever learn??
Hey Trenchers. Dead people can’t talk eh?
I thought this may be where you were going with this, Paul.
I guess there won’t be an autopsy to determine his actual cause of death. Of course they may be burying an empty casket just like they did for the students allegedly killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Glad to see the surgery was a success!!!
Define “brief”.
However “brief” it was, it was still way too long for a POS cop.
“The illness was not disclosed.”
Under threat of more of the same for anyone who did?
Why the mystery?
Wow these people really are subtle aren’t they?
good one FF
a short illness? like poisoning?
maybe he was going to come clean /.?
so he was took out
oh well, at least we dont have that liar to deal with anylonger
I HOPE SANDY HOAX DOESN’T HAVE THIS FALL ON THEIR HEAD
Unless I’m seeing things, the entire article doesn’t mention “Sandy Hook” or “Newtown”. Is that odd that the lead investigator of Sandy Hook, when he dies, in a huge article it doesn’t mention Sandy Hook? Wow.
” He worked in the Division of Homeland Security, on the Commissioner’s Staff, in the Division of Scientific Services and most recently as the commanding officer of Western District Headquarters.” I believe this may be the link to Sandy Hoax? Not much of a mention for certain, ambiguous at best!
Isn’t he the same douchebag who threatened anyone coming out of Sandyhook with a story differing from the “official” story would be arrested for whatever?
yeah I think he was Millard.
Hey Paul, did I miss anything. Did we arrest Obama and the rest of our criminal government? Have we started using live ammo for “Unlawful Immigrants?” Did we arrest all the banksters and retrieve the money stolen from us? I’m pretty sure none of it happened today but just to know that we’re working on it is a plus.
nope! wish we had though. Hey howd the fencing go?
Yes, inquiring minds want to know. LOL 🙂 Hope you didn’t get rained on.
I was able to get all the posts dug in and horizontals installed. Then the rain hit. But hey, in fencing, once the posts are installed it’s all downhill from there. I’ll shoot a picture of the finished product. It’s like Frank Zappa would say, “Heavy, heavy duty.” If your car has an argument with this fence, it will lose!
Hey sounds good to me. Have a beer, and relax. Good job. 🙂
Slurp, slurp, crush, AHHHHHHH! 😆
Very good. don’t forget the walleye. 🙂
Didn’t see any arrests materialize from that, and everyone was STILL blasting the ‘official’ ‘script’..
Lotta hot air, apparently.