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j COWAN V. BREEN May 18, 2005
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MARGARET COWAN, : V §
Plaintiff, Civil Action No. g
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MICHAEL BREEN, : V V 1 E
Defendant. ` A.- l g
MARGARET COWAN, : § ‘
As Administratrix of the K A , é
Estate of Victoria Cooper, : Civil Action No.
?*; Plaintiff, 3:01 CV 00229(DJS) Q
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TOWN OF NORTH BRANFORD, §
Defendant. :
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h Deposition of MICHAEL DEARINGTON,
taken pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, at the Law Offices of David N. Rosen,
400 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut, before §
James A. Martone, LSR and Notary Public, in and g ._
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for the State of Connecticut, on May 18, 2005 at g
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_ SANDERS, GALE & RUSSELL i
y (203) 624-4157

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COWAN v. BREEN May 18, 2005
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4 E1 a State's Attorney, first in Ansonia/Milford, and E
2 for the last 18 years, in New Haven.
3 Q. Okay. What branch of the service were
4 you in? §
5 A. Army. E
6 Q. What was your assignment? E
7 A. I was —— by assignment, where I was g
8 assigned, or what my MOS was? I'm not certain. §
9 Q. You can tell me both.
10 A. I was an enlisted person. Went through §
11 Fort Dix for basic training and advanced
12 training. §
éx?3 ivdd After I got out of law school I E
SW14 was a —— trained as a radio operator, and then I
15 was assigned to several assignments in the
16 Washington, DC area. § ~
17 Q. Were you ever an MP?
N A. No. E
19 Q. Have you ever had police training? E
20 A. No.
21 Q. Have you ever worked as a police g
22 officer? g
23 A. No. g
24 Q. Your area of expertise is the law; is E
25 that correct? E N
SANDERS, GALE & RUSSELL
(203) 624-4157

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2 A. No. §
3 Q. Okay. Have you ever trained police in
4 the legal requirements of their job?
5 A. Yes. E
6 Q. Okay. Have you ever given police
7 training in any area other than what the law
8 requires of them? E
9 A. No. g
10 Q. Okay. Do you consider yourself
ll qualified to instruct police officers in any area

12 other than the areas where you have taught police §
f`g3 officers? You look quizzical. Should I restate §
EK14 the question?
15 A. Please. §
16 Q. All right. Other than the area of the §
17 legal requirements for police officers, do you g
18 consider yourself an expert in any other area of
19 police practice or procedure?
20 A. If the question deals with other than Q
21 law that's applicable to police officers, the
22 answer is there would be nothing beyond that. § i
23 Q. Okay. Would it be fair to describe E
24 your role in preparing the report that you did g l
25 arising out of the death of Victoria Cooper, as g i
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(203) 624-4157 L

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I hereby certify that I am a Notary Public, in and for the State of
Connecticut, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths.
I further certify that the deponent named in the foregoing deposition
was by me duly sworn and thereupon testified as appears in the foregoing
deposition; that said deposition was taken by me stenographically in the
presence of counsel and reduced to print under my direction, and the
, foregoing is a true and accurate transcript of the testimony.
I further certify that I am neither of counsel nor related to either of the
_ parties to said suit, nor am I interested in the outcome of said cause.
I if 7 ’W'tness my hand and seal as Notary Public this QC) day of
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Nomar PUBLIC
JAMES MARTONE
My Commission Expires:
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