City Promotes Three Officers

Three Middletown Police officers were promoted Friday to the ranks of captain, lieutenant and sergeant at City Hall.

Acting Police Chief Patrick McMahon hosted the ceremony, in which acting Capt. Sean Moriarty was promoted to the rank of captain. He was hired on Nov. 5, 1987, and was assigned to the Patrol Division for his first four years until he expressed interest in the Youth Bureau. 

He investigated crimes against persons for the next five years and then transferred laterally to the Detective Bureau for the next two years where he investigated other major crimes. Moriarty transferred to the Traffic Bureau where he became certified in accident reconstruction. He investigated major and minor motor vehicle accidents until being promoted to the rank of sergeant. 

As a sergeant, he worked in the Patrol Division on the evening shift as a field supervisor and then back to the Traffic Bureau to supervise officers in that unit. In October 2008, Moriarty was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was assigned to the evening shift in Patrol where he supervised three sergeants and numerous officers. 

In April 2011, Moriarty was assigned to command the department’s Administrative Division. In July, he was promoted to acting captain and assigned to take command of the Patrol Division. Moriarty has been one of the department’s Field Training Officers where he trained and evaluated new officers. 

He was also the Field Training Officer Coordinator for a period of time.  As a 14-year member of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team, he worked his way up to the SWAT Commander’s position prior to leaving the team for other duties. Moriarty is also one of the department’s firearms, less lethal and TASER instructors. 

He is the coordinator of the Firearms Training Program. He has received the Medal for Bravery, two Meritorious Service Medals, numerous Unit Citations and Letters of Commendation. He is also a Gulf War Veteran, serving from 1985-1991 in the U.S. Army Reserve 344th Military Police Company.

Acting Lieutenant Paul Maturo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was hired on Nov. 5, 1990. Maturo served in the Patrol Division up to 1998. In 1995, he was selected with another officer to temporarily transfer to New York City and work with Street Crime detectives on narcotics cases. Officer Maturo brought that knowledge back to Middletown and in 1996 was selected to become a field training officer. 

He trained and evaluated numerous new officers periodically over the next eight years. In 1998, Maturo was selected to work within the department’s Street Crime Unit, where he investigated numerous narcotics cases. He transferred out of unit in 2001 and was reassigned to the Patrol Division. 

In that same year, Maturo expressed interest in the department’s Honor Guard. He attended a week long class and was certified at the Fire Academy in Windsor Locks. In 2002, he was selected to join the department’s Mountain Bike Unit. He attended a training class at Southern Connecticut State University where he became certified to ride by International Police Mountain Bike Association. 

In November 2004, Maturo was promoted to the rank of sergeant while assigned to the Patrol Division. In that same year, he took command of the Mountain Bike Unit. In 2009, he became the department’s Honor Guard/Color Guard Commander, a position in which he currently holds. Maturo has earned four Meritorious Service Medals, three Unit Citation Medals including one from the Connecticut State police, and numerous Letters of Commendation.     

Detective William (Bill) Porter was promoted to the rank of sergeant.  He was hired in October 1994 as a lateral after serving three years with the ChesterPolice Department. Porter has served for many years in the Patrol Division andas a detective in the Major Investigations Unit. He is one of two State Certified Fire Marshals in the police department specializing in fire investigations. 

Porter has assisted the three city fire departments when needed.  He served as one of the department’s liaisons to Wesleyan University and field training officer. He is a member of the department’s Police Honor Guard and a senior member of the Marine Unit/Dive Team. He is the President of the Middletown Police Benefit Association. 

He has also served in every elected office of the Middletown Union including two terms as president and currently as the treasurer.  Porter has earned the Citation for Bravery, an Exceptional Service Citation, and six Meritorious Unit Citations.      

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