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Public Invited to Brown Bag Lunch with DHS, Middlesex Police Resource Officers, Oct 24 at Depot

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You can meet and talk with Darien’s two school resource officers, the police assigned to Darien High School and Middlesex Middle School, at a brown bag lunch on Oct. 24 at the Depot Darien Youth Center. You just need to register online — and bring your lunch. “Please join us for a brown bag lunch for an informal discussion with MMS Student Resource Officer [Stuart “Stu”] Schwengerer and DHS Student Resource Officer Bryan Wallman,” the Depot recently announced. The lunch starts at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct.

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SRO Stuart Schwengerer Middlesex Middle School SRO

18-Year Veteran Police Officer Appointed School Resource Officer for Middlesex Middle School

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Darien Police Officer Schwengerer has been selected as the Police Department’s first school resource officer (SRO) for Middlesex Middle School. Over the summer Schwengerer will be attending training through the National Association of School Resource Officers.  He will begin his assignment at Middlesex Middle School in late August. “The Darien Police Commission and I are very pleased with the selection of Officer Stu Schwengerer as the first SRO at Middlesex Middle School,” Police Chief Raymond Osborne said in a news release. “His previous training and experience, along with his positive attitude, make him a great choice for this position and I am excited to endorse him.”
Schwengerer has 18 years of law enforcement experience, most of which have been with the Darien police. Previously assigned to the Patrol Division, Schwengerer served in the United States Marine Corps and has an associate’s degree from Gateway Community College in New Haven.

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Stuart Schwengerer fawn deer 8-12-16

Watch this Video of a Darien Police Officer Rescuing a Fawn from a Driveway Grate

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Darien Police Department’s Facebook and Twitter accounts on Friday morning pointed to this video on Instagram of Police Officer Stuart Schwengerer rescuing a fawn that had become stuck on a driveway grate:

Notice that the officer is wearing gloves. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection suggests wearing gloves if someone needs to handle a fawn — it protects the animal and protects you. For the most part, the DEEP discourages people from touching a fawn unless — as in this case — it’s obviously in distress. Here’s what one DEEP Web page says about that:
Most fawns that are found are not orphaned! Does give birth to their fawns from May – end of June.