Darien Police Department Promotes Sergeant to Rank of Lieutenant, Two Officers to Sergeant

What the Police Boat Commander Wishes More Darienites Out on the Water Would Know

Public Safety

By DARIENITE.COM | May 30, 2019

Outdoors

By David Gurliacci | June 21, 2018

The Darien Police Commission and Police Chief Ray Osborne are pleased to announce the promotion of the following three officers who were selected for their respective positions on Wednesday, May 29:

— an announcement from Darien Police Department

Sgt. Nick Aranzullo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Aranzullo started with the department in 2005. In 2009, Aranzullo assisted with the implementation of the K-9 program, ultimately forming the department’s first K-9 unit with K-9 partner “Zulu.”

Aranzullo served in the Detective Bureau and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2017. Officer Derek Mulcahy was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

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Darien Police Officer Derek Mulcahy says that one of the more frequent things he and other officers on the department’s police boat do when out on the water is tell boaters that they’re violating a safety regulation. “When we’re out there and we’re not responding to calls, we’re kind of driving around, out looking for boating violations,” Mulcahy, commander of the Marine Division, told the Darien Police Commission at a recent meeting. “A lot of it is just kind of educating people. We don’t see people intentionally breaking laws — a lot of people just don’t know what they’re supposed to do.” “Overloading boats — too many people on them — we see that a lot with the younger kids,” he said.