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Sgt. Mark Belinkie, 46, was found in his Milford home on Saturday by Milford Police who are investigating the death as a possible suicide.
“We are all deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Sergeant Mark Belinkie,” Mayor Joe Ganim said in a statement. “As we grieve, we will continue to have his family, friends and his colleagues of the Bridgeport Police Department in our thoughts and prayers.”
A 19-year-old veteran of the department, Belinkie, was hired on Aug. 28, 2000, when he was 24-years-old. He went on to serve as a detective of the department and was promoted to sergeant in 2011 where he was most currently assigned to the Patrol Division.
“I share my deepest condolences with Sergeant Belinkie’s family and with the fellow brothers and sisters of our department,” Chief Armando Perez said in a statement. “We lost a member of our family and everyone is hurting. If any one of our officers is suffering and needs to talk, they are encouraged to speak with our peer counselors who are available.”
If Belinkie's death is determined to be a suicide, it will be the second for the department in little over a year. Officer Thomas Lattanzio's died from suicide on Dec. 4, 2017.
Help is available for officers contemplating suicide by texting the word BLUE to 741741.
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