Bridgeport Police Department Bridgeport Police Department The Bridgeport Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is responsible for most law enforcement within the geographical boundary of City of Bridgeport, with the exception of: Bridgeport was the first city in New England to deploy radio patrol police cars, in September 1933. The Bridgeport Park Police Department is a separate department devoted to law enforcement in Bridgeport's parks. In 2012, the maximum annual salary for police officers was $168,374. The department enforces the laws within Connecticut's most populous city. Bridgeport has the 56th largest metro area
History of Bridgeport, Connecticut City Hall (now McLevy Hall), at the corner of State and Broad streets. Not only was the largest room in the city packed, but a crowd formed outside made up of people who could not get in. He received a standing ovation before taking the 9:07 p.m. train that night back to Manhattan. A plaque now stands at the site in Bridgeport where he gave the speech. Other notables who gave speeches in Bridgeport include Martin Luther King, Jr. who spoke three times at the Klein Auditorium in 1961, 1964 and 1966 and at Central High School in 1962; and