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Pioneering Hartford police officer dies. ‘A perfect gentleman and a real good cop’: chief

Summary by Hartford Courant
Former Assistant Chief James K. Fennell, the first Black officer appointed to senior command rank at the Hartford Police Department, has died at his home in Hartford. He was 97 years old. Fennell, who rose through the ranks after joining the department as a patrol officer in 1957, was promoted to assistant chief by former Police Chief Bernard Sullivan in 1987. “I knew him when he was a detective in the 1980s,” said current Hartford Chief James C…

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Hartford Courant broke the news in Hartford, United States on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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