Hartford PAL, Hartford PD, CT State Police, AMR, and Hartford Men’s Lacrosse provided the youth of Hartford a safe alternative to Trick Or Treating by holding their second annual Trunk or Treat event. The turnout was incredible and the costumes seen passing through were amazing. Hartford PAL was happy to see the smiling (and some scary) faces pass through!
The Hartford Police Athletic League encourages young people in the city to reach their potential through mentoring, education and athletics. This year the league is planning a major renovation to serve more youth.
Jordan Spruille wants to work in law enforcement. And he says a big reason for that was his experience as a young man in the Hartford Police Athletic League.
Hartford Pal kids got to hit the rink with the UCONN Huskies Hockey Team
The Hartford Police Athletic League is a unique mentoring program that works to establish trust between law enforcement and youth early in life through activities. David Jorgensen shares how the program can keep kids off the streets and in school.
Interested in a career as a Hartford CT Police Officer? The Hartford Police Department will be holding a Police Officer Recruitment Information Session on Friday, 12/21 @ 6:30 PM in the Hartford PD CompStat Room! Our next open application will be on 2/11/19 and need to reach as many potential qualified applicants as possible. For more information, contact JOINHPD@HARTFORD.GOV
HARTFORD – Black Friday has come and gone, Cyber Monday set records but after all that there is now the annual push towards the altruistic.
Giving Tuesday (#GivingTuesday), the global initiative that began in 2012 to raise money for charities and non-profits was in full force across Hartford.
McKinley Albert, the executive director of Hartford’s Camp Courant said the free summer camp serving the capital city’s kids is looking forward to their 125th year.
“Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for people in the community that like to support good causes and give back and we look forward to people giving back to us this Giving Tuesday,” Albert said.
Police Officers, Firefighters Haul In Trout With Kids In Keney Park
The first lines went arching over the Keney Park pond an hour before noon Sunday, tipped with fluorescent PowerBait, flung by kids in raincoats. Rain dimpled the surface of the pond.
About five minutes after the lines went out, Jose Mendez Molina, 8, began shrieking.
It was Mendez Molina’s first time fishing, but he had on the end of his line a 10-inch rainbow trout that had chosen, fatally, to chomp on the clump of yellow PowerBait a police officer had molded minutes before onto his hook.
Mendez Molina was one of 29 Hartford kids who spent Sunday angling with Hartford police officers and firefighters for a share of the pond’s 400 rainbow trout, deposited Wednesday by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP. The Keney Park pond is one of 14 urban fishing spots stocked and maintained by DEEP.
CT Guns Hockey team, comprised of first responders from all over the state, are playing the Hartford Whalers and Hartford Wolfpack Alumni, Saturday February 24th at 4:00 pm. at the XL Center. The proceeds will benefit the Hartford Police Athletic League Hockey Program.
Last night we were given a check for $3,000 from Aetna at the 3rd annual Hartford vs Aetna Benefit Basketball game, which took place at the XL Center. The kids ate PLENTY of hot dogs and enjoyed the fierce competition between the two corporations. Aetna got the best of The Hartford sweeping both the women's and men's games. The kids in the front row had the most fun!!! Thank you to all who came and supported and most importantly those who participated and help put this wonderful event on.
Peter Getz of Harford PAL donates to Sr. Teresa Fonti, House of Bread. The $500.00 donation will go towards her "Kid's Café" program which feeds over 500 children a day in the city.
Armani took a second to think about his answer, his hands on his hips, his eyes on the court in front of him.
“There are a lot of guns out here,” the 15-year-old finally said. “This keeps up us off the streets.”
He spoke just before 9 p.m., in the middle of a late-night open gym, a program a Hartford cop designed for kids like Armani.
It’s an effort spearheaded by Sgt. Steve Austin, a homegrown officer who recognizes the restorative power of rubber on hardwood.
HARTFORD -- Aetna, Hartford police and the University of Hartford partnering together to help those in need Saturday.
A 3,000 dollar check was presented to the Hartford Police Athletic League by Aetna during halftime of the university of Hartford men’s basketball game.
“Aetna has been in the headlines and everyone talks about what’s going on with them but what matters to the community and the city is that Aetna is still a committed partner to our city, our community and our youth and this really demonstrates it,” said Hartford Deputy Chief Brian Foley.
