I'm a retired state employee who worked closely with all levels of Law Enforcement. The biggest problem here is the Governor who is forcing courts to lighten the load on convictions of what they consider minor offenses due to decreased budgets for the court system. I've seen many assaults on LEO's be nolle'd due to the expense of trying the the case and the number of man hours needed to follow through to the end. I once saw an inmate settle a melted ice cream case for $5000 because it would have cost more to fight the frivolous law suit. This happens all the time. Now you can see why the minor drug laws are releasing addicts and dealers back to the streets to continue with their criminal activity. On a bigger issue the Death Penalty in Connecticut was repealed due to the costs which can run into the millions of dollars because we the people have to pay for legal representation for the dirt bags to appeal their case multiple times as the ACLU and other organizations waste the courts time to see justice done.

The best way to address this is to bombard your State Reps with e-mails telling them of your concerns and vote in November. Let the politicians know that if they aren't going to represent the people and our concerns they will be replaced.

It gets very frustrating for LEO's who try to do their jobs watch as dirt balls are consistently released back to the street after countless hours of paperwork they prepared to bring the case to trial.

Malloy is currently on a mission to reform the minor offense laws to release criminals back to the streets. One such issue is the release of sexual predators into community release programs. Another is the reduction of possession amounts of marijuana! I work in a big retail store and daily I work with young customers that smell like they slept in a disgusting moldy basement all night! The stench is horrendous. The only thing he is doing is giving the youth of this state the Green Light to get high which eventually leads to the use of harder narcotics. In the end we are now paying for Law Enforcement, who are doing an awesome job, to expend all their resources in combating enormous amounts of drug overdoses.

In the end, poaching doesn't even rate for criminal prosecution. There should have been some level of consequence to deter further acts of poaching but now the Green Light was again given for more illegal activity to occur.