Conn. seniors group makes peace with Foxwoods
A senior citizens center in Derby has ended a boycott against Foxwoods Resort Casino. According to the New Haven Register, the center halted trips to the eastern Connecticut casino last year after some seniors took offense at published comments by Chief Executive Officer Scott Butera.
He said he was misquoted and his comments were taken out of context when the news story referred to seniors not contributing to Foxwoods’ profits. Butera accepted an invitation from the executive director of the Derby senior citizens’ center to pay a visit. Butera participated in a question-and-answer session with about 50 members and spoke with members individually.
Foxwoods, to help boost its relationship with senior citizens, developed a program exclusively for those 60 and older.
A planned reduction in state police staffing at Foxwoods Resort Casino has been deferred for the time being
As of this week, troopers deployed at the casinos are wearing uniforms for the first time, Michael Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice planning in the Office of Policy and Management, said.
The changes follow a report in The Day last week that the state police presence at the casinos - Foxwoods, MGM Grand at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun - was to be reduced Friday, a move decried by the president of the Connecticut State Police Union.
According to Lawlor, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which owns Foxwoods, asked that the planned reduction in state police staffing at its casinos be delayed to give tribal police more time to prepare for the greater role they must assume. A reduction in state police staffing at Mohegan Sun did take place last week as planned, Lawlor said.
The Mohegan Tribe's police force is "much more advanced" than the Mashantucket force, "which has made a lot of progress," he said. Lawlor said the assessment the tribes are paying for state police coverage has been reduced and that it will continue to change over time. He provided no specifics.
State police officials believe that uniformed officers will be in a better position than those in plainclothes to deter certain criminal activity at the casinos, such as the rowdy behavior associated with alcohol consumption. As of Monday, all troopers on duty inside the casinos were to be in uniform.
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