Date: Fri 05-Mar-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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Joudy Promoted To Detective

(with photo)

BY ANDREW GOROSKO

Police Officer Joe Joudy has been named a detective by the Police Commission.

The detective post which Joudy fills became vacant when Detective Richard

Stook retired from the police department in January 1998.

Joudy, 44, has been on the police force since May 1985. During the past

several years, since the departure of detective Harry Noroian, he has been one

of several officers who have served in the detective bureau in rotating

six-month terms as detectives-in-training.

Joudy's assignment to the detective bureau follows an oral examination given

for the post by the police department in March 1998. Five officers

participated in that test.

Police Chief James E. Lysaght, Jr, said "He brings really solid investigative

and operational experience to the position." The chief termed Joudy "a veteran

officer with a can-do attitude."

In the past, Joudy was a police department representative on the Statewide

Narcotics Task Force. He has served as a field training officer, providing new

officers with instruction on local policing. He also is the department's

firearms training officer.

Joudy said that as a detective he will be able to get into more depth

investigating cases than was possible as a patrol officer. "You spend more

time on investigation. You have more time," he said.

Patrol work is episodic in nature with officers responding to one incident and

then the next, he said. Detective work allows an officer to focus his energies

on the investigative aspects of police work, he said.

Recently, Joudy received specialized training in the processing of crime

scenes and in photography. He also received recent training in interviewing

and interrogation.

On becoming a detective, he said "I always had that goal in mind."

Before becoming a Newtown police officer, Joudy worked as a sheriff's deputy

for prisoner transport and also as a part-time police officer in Danbury.

As a detective, Joudy will be working alternating day and evening shifts with

other people in the detective bureau.

The bureau is supervised by Sergeant Henry Stormer. The other permanent

detective is Robert Tvardzik. The detective in training is John Cole. Also

assigned to the bureau are School Resource Officer Chris Vanghele and Youth

Officer Douglas Wisentaner.