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Police Officer Luis Moura

Meet Darien Police Department’s Latest Officer: Luis Moura

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Darien Police Chief Duane Lovello swore in the department’s newest officer, Luis Moura, a three-year Bridgeport police veteran who will start work on Saturday. “This is always a happy event for us, when we welcome someone into our family,” Lovello said. Police Commission Chairman Paul Johnson said his board is “very very pleased to get another officer who’s been working with another department, who is fully trained and who can step into his job in Darien” without further training. The department also has one officer who just completed police academy training and has another candidate in the police academy. Moura will be on patrol with other officers for a while as he gets to know his way around town, Lovello said.

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Darien New Police Officer

Darien Has a New Police Officer

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Darien Police Department announcement:
Darien Police Field Training Officer Greg Benedetto (right) is pictured with Probationary Officer Amanda Hinkley (left) as they prepare for patrol. 
Officer Hinkley recently began her required ten weeks of field training in Darien after having successfully graduated from a twenty-three week course of instruction in residence at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden. A native of Port Jervis, N.Y., Off. Hinkley holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the State University of New York and a master’s degree in education from SUNY College in Cortland. Prior to joining the Darien Police Department, Officer Hinkley had been employed for five years as a physical education teacher at Poughkeepsie High School, where she also coached the girl’s JV softball and basketball teams.  Amanda’s brother is currently employed as a police officer in White Plains, N.Y.
Once successfully completing her 10 weeks of field training, Off. Hinkley will be assigned to a uniformed patrol squad.