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Vandalism cases at Cadigan Park down since renovations

Some Brookfield residents have voiced concerns about vandalism at Cadigan Park and use of basketball courts by what some are assuming are non-residents 18-24 years old.

 

Parks and Rec Director Dennis DePinto says the concerns brought up at the Board of Selectmen meeting last month were never reported to his department. 

 

First Selectman Steve Dunn says they are continuing to review what's going on at Cadigan Park.  DePinto reported that the amount of vandalism is much lower than before the park was completely renovated.

 

DePinto addressed a few concerns at the Board meeting this month.  One was about Lacrosse goals being torn.  He says laying on the goals like a hammock will put unnecessary wear and tear on them.  He says this happens at the high school and other parks.  The only solution is to have the youth lacrosse clubs to chain up the goals after use, but they haven't done that.  He said that leads him to believe that they don't think that's a big issue.

 

Storage under the announcers booth, which Pop Warner Football built years ago, had a door that was barely hanging on.  DePinto says it was on the short list to fix before it was broken into.  The football club had it fixed before the season started.  A door to the tennis courts being broken was likely from someone pushing too hard on the cast aluminum.

 

Police were at Cadigan 111 times since January 1st that they made note of, but Dunn says officers have been there many more times than that.  Officers check the park every evening to make sure the lights are off at the time dictated in town ordinance.  Dunn says there's just been one call recently for police, who didn't find anything when they arrived.

 

One resident suggested surveillance cameras at the park.  Dunn said that these trips are not taking away from any thing else they might do.  He added that it's always good to have a police presence in the park so even if the town does put in surveillance cameras police patrols wouldn't end.

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