As federal officials continue to investigate the East Haven Police Department, there are now calls for another investigation.
The Department of Justice started probing the East Haven Police Department soon after an incident involving the Rev. James Manship last year.
Manship was arrested by two East Haven police officers when they said he was trying to interferer while they were questioning a Latino store owner about license plates hanging from the wall.
Manship said he was trying to videotape what he called racial profiling by East Haven officers.
The charges were dropped, but Manship rallied the Latino community after many said the department was targeting Latinos and being too rough with them.
Since the Department of Justice's preliminary report of the incident came back, East Haven Mayor April Capone placed the police chief on paid administrative leave and has now made other changes.
On Tuesday night, police commissioners also voted to ask the chief state attorney's office to look into the Manship incident.
Capone said, "Just to make sure that we have all of our bases covered and that there is nothing that we have overlooked."
Capone said the town is also putting a deputy chief back into the mix, as well as hiring a police industry group called PERF to review how the department is being run.
"They really look at everything," Capone said. "They look at policy and procedure. They look at allocation of resources, including personnel."
The East Haven Police Department has also made available complaint forms printed in Spanish.
Chief Lenard Gallo said he was trying to make some of these changes but the town cut his budget. He's now calling for a hearing to voice his side.
Capone said, "I think the future of the department is going to be determined by the Department of Justice report and by the PERF report, as well. We are taking it day by day."
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