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Mayor: Police chief accused of rigging own hiring resigns
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The police chief in Connecticut’s largest city resigned Thursday, the mayor said, hours after being arrested on federal charges that he teamed with Bridgeport’s personnel director to rig the hiring process to ensure he got the job.
Mayor Joe Ganim announced Chief Armando “A.J.” Perez resigned and that he was naming Assistant Chief Rebeca Garcia as acting chief.
The accusations against Perez included that he was provided with confidential testing materials other candidates did not get and having testing criteria weighed in his favour.
Perez, 64, of Trumbull, and acting personnel Director David Dunn, 72, of Stratford, were each charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and with making false statements to investigators.