Disciplinary action has been taken against three of four Danbury police officers involved in an incident with a motorist during a traffic stop.
One of the police officers is accused of abusing a driver.
According to Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, three of the officers will begin serving suspensions on Sunday. It is not clear for how long the officers will be suspended.
The suspensions were part of an agreement worked out at a hearing on Thursday.
Boughton is still deciding the fate of the fourth officer, Chris Belaire.
A lawyer for the officers told NBC Connecticut they did nothing wrong, and the allegations were unfounded.
"An attack did not happen," attorney Eric Brown said.
Brown said the the problem started at 1 a.m., during a March snowstorm when a driver went through a stop sign at White Street and National Place and almost hit a cruiser.
That officer pulled him over and, minutes later, three other police officers showed up. Now Internal Affairs is investigating all of them.
According to the department, the officer berated the driver and physically struck him. The other officers allegedly recorded this and did nothing to stop it.
“There’s no indication from the recording that there was an attack,” Brown said.
Brown also watched the dash-cam video from the police cruiser and said the city claimed that video caught everything, but that was something he strongly disputed.
“Despite the seriousness of the charges, there’s not evidence to prove those charges,” Brown added.
According to Brown, the driver never reported the supposed attack and said the department started to look into those officers when someone made an anonymous tip about this months later.
“When a claim comes in like this, it needs to be investigated. We support that,” Brown said. It was an investigation he and the officers planned to fight.
“When this investigation comes to an end and there’s been an opportunity to speak, these nasty allegations that have been raised won't be proved,” Brown said.
State Police were also investigating to see if any criminal charges should be filed.
