L, you're not alone. I also believe that the hours spent on these jobs factor into the officer's pension calculations, which is absurd. Texting your way into retirement, must be nice.

An ever ongoing issue- I just blast my horn until they look up and then wave- I've had them pull me over for it and I just tell like it is-you aren't even paying attention - give me the ticket and call your supervisor here now. Usually that gets me a get the %&(*& out of here. They always claim its illegal to blow your horn- why does every car have one then??

Didn't you hear crime is over in New Haven. Let's go for a walk in the park!

My favorite is the texting cop who wants it both ways. You pull up and he totally ignores you. You look ahead and there are no cars coming so you proceed cautiously only to have the cop go berserk because he didn't TELL you you could go. So the next time you decide to wait out out the texting cop and he looks up and angrily motions to move along like you are obstructing traffic. Wish I had a job with benefits where I could stand around and text all day.

Would be nice to send the video to the supervisor. But, judging by the lack of responses from the police on SCF, I doubt they look at this site.

No city response at all, very discouraging.

If the city doesn't acknowledge this as a problem, I think videotaping police while they goof off on the job is going to become my new hobby.

Look at the history of where that will get you- arrested !

Thank you.

Thank you

what the heck does thank you mean- for reporting??

Closed and content erased? Next time it's a video, NHPD.

PD has yet to correct

The description was deleted by site administrators (SCF - not the City, by the way - we don't have the ability to do that). I understand from the subsequent comments that this was related to officers not being engaged by their duties while at a road construction job. A number of changes have been made to oversight of extra duty jobs, including that sergeant is being assigned to provide greater oversight and accountability (officers on road cuts are being paid by the construction job, and are not on regular duty - which means that a normal supervisor such as a district manager is not best positioned to hold them accountable). I'm closing this because the specific issue has been deleted, but residents should feel free to let us know about problems in new posts. The NHPD is now monitoring SCF issues - report in the "policing issue" category.

- Rob Smuts, Chief Administrative Officer