Only then, around a cafeteria corner and comfortably out of view from the piña colada station, would visitors at this year’s Latino Expo be greeted by the unexpected: two uniformed men sitting beneath a blue banner emblazoned with “East Haven Police” in large yellow letters. Nearby, the town’s mayor, Joseph Maturo Jr., bounced among vendors, a blue plastic lei dangling from his neck.
Under typical circumstances, in a typical town, a mayor could glad-hand visitors and his police department could set up a recruiting booth at a local event without raising eyebrows or suspicions.
