Probationary Officer Luis Moura (left) prepares for his first patrol shift with the Darien Police Department. Ofc. Moura, pictured with his Field Training Officer Michael Dos Santos (right), comes to Darien from the Bridgeport Police Department where he had been employed as a certified officer for the past three years. Ofc. Dos Santos is also a former Bridgeport Police Officer and has now been with the Darien Police Department for almost four years. Ofc. Moura will undergo a modified Field Training Program over the next three weeks.
As a police officer in Bridgeport, Moura was a recipient of the Bridgeport Police Community Service Award and also received the Merit Award for a recent arrest. Once successfully completing his field training, Ofc. Moura will be assigned to a uniformed patrol squad.