Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced Monday that city Police Chief Jason Thody will be required to repay the City for the cost of the repairs following damage to a city-issued vehicle in late May and a formal letter of reprimand will be placed in his personnel file.
The announcement arrives a month and a half after the May 31 car crash in which Thody, driving on Route 154 near the Chester-Haddam town line, struck a guardrail in his Chevrolet Tahoe, resulting in about $3,300 of damage.
Bronin said that Thody’s reporting of the incident to Thea Montanez, the city’s chief operating officer and his direct supervisor, and his documentation of the accident the same day, show that he did not attempt to conceal the incident.