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The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police have promoted three Sergeants to the position of Captain.

The three are:
Captain Eric Lundin, of Killingworth
Captain Cynthia Schneider, of Westport
Captain Jeffrey Samorajczyk, of Shelton
“Our Environmental Conservation Police are a unique and special law enforcement unit with responsibility for protecting both the public and our state’s natural resources,” said DEEP Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen. “With the naming of these three new Captains, our EnCon Police now have a solid command structure staffed by veterans who have tremendous skills and expertise.”

Captain Lundin has been with the EnCon Police for 20 years and has served as a sector sergeant in the Central and Western Sector of the Marine District. He is also the supervisor for the Division’s Boating Accident Reconstruction Unit. He will now serve as the commanding officer of the Eastern District.

Captain Schneider has been with the EnCon Police for 15 years and has served as the Division’s training supervisor and as a sector sergeant in the Marine District. She is also the Division’s lead for investigations involving non-native and exotic species and implemented the Agency’s Exotic Species Amnesty program. She will now serve as the commanding officer of the Western District.

Captain Samorajczyk has been with the EnCon Police for 16 years and has served as the Division’s training supervisor. He also worked for the Agency’s Fisheries Division as a seasonal worker then worked as a dispatcher in the Emergency Dispatch Center. He will now serve as the Administrative Captain assigned to Headquarters in Hartford.

Background on EnCon Police

Tracing its roots back to “Special Game Protectors” first appointed in 1895, DEEP’s Environmental Conservation Police Division is the oldest law enforcement organization in the state. EnCon officers are fully certified law enforcement officials with full arrest powers. In addition to traditional law enforcement duties on state lands and in state parks, they have special responsibilities for protecting Connecticut’s natural resources and wildlife and enforcing fish and game regulations.



DEEP’s Environmental Conservation Police have sworn in three new Captains. They are, left to right: Captain Eric Lundin of Killingworth, who will serve as commanding officer in the Eastern District; Captain Jeff Samorajczayk, of Shelton, who will serve as Administrative Captain in Hartford; Captain Cynthia Schneider, of Westport, who will serve as commanding officer of the Western District.
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