Hard-working Stringer promoted to sergeant
He'll help lead
second shift
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Driven by a lifelong desire to help people and trying to get justice for people who are victims, Richard D. Stringer July 11 was promoted to sergeant in the Putnam Police Department.
Surrounded by his family and work family, his wife Jamie pinned the sergeant’s badge on him and Julie Quinn of the Special Service District swore him in.
Stringer said when he came to the Putnam Police Department four years ago “I felt welcomed here. It’s like family.”
Police Chief Christopher D. Ferace said Stinger joined the Putnam Police Department after six years with the New London Police Department.
He is a certified Police Motorcycle Operator and Putnam’s first Motor Officer in the department’s history. He is a certified Field Training Officer and is a Crisis Intervention Officer, specially trained in dealing with people in mental health crisis. He is a State of CT POSTC Certified Firearms and Use of Force Instructor.
He is also certified to teach Police Baton, OC Spray, and Handcuffing Techniques. For the past several years he has taught at the LEC Eastern Region Police Academy and the LEC In-Service Recertification Training classes.
He has attended numerous specialized training courses throughout his career and brings a wealth of experience to his new supervisory position.
He said advancing has been part of his whole career. “It’s always been a goal that I’ve been working for throughout my whole career,” he said.
“I’ve been studying and training my entire career since I started in New London. I’ve always taken advanced training classes.”
Stringer will be assigned to second shift. He said his job will be pretty much the same except “Now I’m responsible for others on the shift as well. I get to use my experience and knowledge to help led the shift instead of just being part of it.”
Sergeant Stringer was selected for promotion after a series of competitive testing examinations conducted by the Law Enforcement Council of Eastern CT.
Sergeant Stringer is a 2008 graduate of Griswold High School and a graduate from Lincoln Technical Institute.
He lives in Griswold with his wife Jamie and their two children.
“I’m looking forward to serving for a very long time to come,” he said.
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Left: Sgt. Stringer's wife Jamie pins the sergeant badge on him. Above: A proud family, from left: father Richard Stringer, Stringer, Jamie Stringer and the kids, and mother-in law Kim Gunn. Below: Say hi to K9 Quin. Bottom: The "work" family. More photos Wed. night on our FB page.
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