State Trooper school resource officer placed on administrative leave, police powers suspended.

State Trooper Timothy Haroian “has been placed on administrative duty with an internal affairs investigation pending.” Troopers were notified Friday afternoon that Haroian’s police powers are suspended.

Haroian was until yesterday the school resources officer at Vinal Technical High School, a state vocational school in Middletown. The suspension and Haroian’s assignment at the high school is raising concerns about the cause of his suspension. The Vinal school community will need to know more than it has been told since the dramatic reassignment on Thursday.

Earlier today, Connecticut State Police Media Relations Unit told Daily Ructions in response to an inquiry about Haroian’s status that “our office has not been made aware of any action beyond a temporary re-assignment to Troop F at this time. We can confirm that this re-assignment occurred yesterday, 1/16/25.”

A spokesman for the State Police wrote to Daily Ructions that “this is a very serious matter.”

Trooper Haroian’s wife sued him for dissolution of their marriage earlier this month.

Published July 17, 2025.