Granby Police Captain Under Criminal Investigation

Granby Police Captain David L. Bourque has been placed on administrative leave pending a criminal investigation by the Connecticut State Police Computer Crime and Electronic Evidence Laboratory, according to an official press release from Granby Town Manager William Smith.

On Monday April 11 the Granby Police Department was contacted by state police and advised of an ongoing investigation of Captain Bourque surrounding allegations of computer crimes, the press release said.

Bourque has served with the Granby Police Department for the past 18 months after he retired from his position as Captain with Suffield Police Department after 30 years, Smith said Thursday.

Bourque is the head of the North Central Municipal Regional Accident Reconstruction Team, a volunteer team that includes police officers from several surrounding towns, and the subject of another state police investigation surrounding his involvement the team's probe of a fatal crash in Windsor Locks crash last October, Smith said.  

"Our criminal investigation is not related to any other investigation," Connecticut State Police Lieutenant J. Paul Vance said Thursday.

State police were granted permission to examine Granby Police computers for evidence connected to their investigation but found nothing, according to Granby officials.  State police also executed a search warrant to seize personal computers from Bourque's home in Suffield Monday, Smith said.

"We have not discussed anything other than the fact that we are conducting an ongoing investigation," Vance said.

The Granby Police Department also would not comment on the nature of the investigation or how it was first initiated.