An independent probe released this week found issues with Stonington Police Department’s handling of a racially motivated attack against a front desk clerk at a Mystic hotel in June, but the chief investigator does not believe the problems were brought on by malice or bias.
Town officials hired Blum Shapiro to investigate the how the department dealt with the June 26 incident that led to a delayed arrest of a New York couple who were later charged with assaulting an employee. Police were criticized for not immediately making an arrest and allowing the couple to leave the hotel and return to New York.