Gov.-elect Dan Malloy today named Reuben F. Bradford of Glastonbury, the NFL’s senior director of security and a retired state police major, as Connecticut’s first African-American commissioner of public safety, The Connecticut Mirror reports.
Bradford retired in 1996 after a 22-year career that saw him rise through the ranks from trooper to major, with assignments that included commanding a barracks, a regional district, the training academy and being the chief of staff.
He has been a security official with the NFL since retiring from the state police.
