Leonard Gallo, East Haven Police Chief, Retiring After Town Hit By Scandal: The police chief in a working-class city where four officers have been charged with tyrannizing Latino residents and using excessive force against undocumented immigrants is retiring from office, his attorney said Monday.
Leonard Gallo had been suspended as chief of the East Haven Police Department in April 2010 after the FBI launched the criminal investigation, but he was reinstated to the post in November after his friend Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. took office.
Gallo apparently has been referred to as an unnamed co-conspirator in the federal indictment, accused of blocking efforts by the police commission to investigate misconduct. His attorney, Jon Einhorn, has denied the allegations.
The retirement will take effect on Feb. 10, Einhorn said. A news conference on the retirement is planned for later Monday and Einhorn declined to comment further.
