Fergus v. Town of New Milford (Filed Litchfield in 2010)

In November 2009, the Court issued a restraining order against the plaintiff’s husband mandating that he stay away from the plaintiff and not communicate with her. The husband violated this order by leaving a series of two dozen bizarre and threatening voice messages on the plaintiff’s answering machine. The plaintiff reported these violations to the New Milford police. According to our police protocol consultant who spent 30 years doing this type of work, the police violated their sworn duty to protect the plaintiff. Instead of immediately arresting the husband, the police called the husband and told him to “knock it off”. This call enraged the husband who went to the plaintiff’s home and attacked her with a knife in front of her children and mother.

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