PUTNAM — Chief Chris Ferace announced a new officer  at the Putnam Police Department.
Officer Jonathan Ley was sworn in April 29 to bring the department to a full staff of 15 officers.
Ley comes to the Putnam police department as a lateral hire as he is a certified police officer. He brings 21 years of prior police experience retiring from the Norwich Police Department  in March of 2018 and most recently serving as a police officer with the Town of Killingly for the past year.
Ley brings and incredible  amount  of work  experience  and knowledge  with  him, said Ferace: “I had the  distinction of working  with  him in Norwich  for his entire  career, noting  he is one of the most professional, dedicated  and motivated people I’ve ever worked with”. In Norwich he served as a Community  Police Officer, a Detective, Training Unit supervisor and he rose up the supervisory ranks achieving the rank of lieutenant in the Patrol Division.  Officer Ley is also a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard retiring after 23 years of combined active and reserve service to his country.
Officer Ley is in the process of completing an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Three Rivers Community College. He is married to his wife Jaime and has two children.

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