CT officer charged in road-rage incident retires after investigation found he violated several rules

A Norwalk police officer arrested earlier this year in an off-duty road-rage incident has retired from the department about a week after an internal affairs investigation found that he violated several department rules.Officer David Vetare retired from the Norwalk Police Department on Tuesday, Chief James Walsh announced in a statement. Walsh said the retirement came after an internal affairs investigation was completed into Vetare’s arrest in March.The investigation concluded Vetare violated several “rules of conduct” in the Norwalk police manual.“As I have stated earlier these actions do not define our department as a whole and do not reflect on the men and women of the Norwalk Police Department who serve our citizens,” Walsh said in a statement issued Wednesday. “I understand that these events have shaken the trust in our department, which we have worked so hard to build in the past. I reassure the residents of Norwalk that I am committed to transparency, officer accountability, and upholding the highest standards of integrity.”Vetare was arrested by Connecticut State Police on March 9 after troopers responded to the area of Route 25 South near Exit 6 in Trumbull around noon on the report of a road-rage incident, state police said.The complainant told troopers she was involved in an incident with a motorist in a GMC Yukon who allegedly threw objects at her vehicle while both vehicles were driving on Route 15 North between Exits 44 and 49, according to state police. The woman also alleged that the driver began to follow her and tried to run her off the road.State police were able to locate the vehicle and identify the driver as Vetare. Troopers said he admitted to his involvement in the incident and was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle with the intention to harass or intimidate and second-degree breach of peace. He was released following the arrest on a $5,000 non-surety bond.According to state court records, the charges remain pending in Bridgeport Superior Court. Vetare has not entered a plea and is scheduled to appear before a judge next Thursday.At the time of the road-rage incident, Vetare was the third Norwalk police officer to be arrested in a month’s span.Norwalk Officer Hector Delgado was arrested by the Bridgeport Police Department on third-degree stalking and second-degree harassment charges related to a family violence incident on Feb. 7. He was also arrested again last month by his own department and charged with first-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and following too closely with a motor vehicle.On Feb. 16, Norwalk Sgt. Shannon Sherry, 48, turned himself in to state police on charges of failure to drive in the proper lane and misconduct of a motor vehicle in connection with a rollover crash on Interstate 84 in Southington in April 2023 that killed a New Britain man when he was ejected from his pickup truck.Delgado and Sherry were both placed on administrative leave following the arrests, and both are the subject of internal affairs investigations.According to court records, the charges from Delgado’s June arrest remain pending in Stamford Superior Court. His previous arrest is not listed on the state’s Judicial Branch website. The disposition in that case was not immediately clear Wednesday.The charges against Sherry are pending in New Britain Superior Court, records show.

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