Good cop Gavitt worked with psychic Pat
Deputy Chief Bill Gavitt from the New London Police Department who died two weeks ago is remembered for his being a good cop. Being an exceptional detective, he helped solve many murders, robberies, rapes and other crimes using conventional and unconventional means. He worked with psychic Pat Gagliardo during his years of active duty.
“In one occasion, Gavitt and Gagliardo searched for the body of the city’s water superintendent Gordon A. Beckwith, who had been missing for several days and was suspected of having fallen or been pushed into the Thames River”, Ann Baldelli of Theday.com writes.
“Psychic Pat Gagliardo also helped Gavitt another time by leading police to the body of Richard Eastman, a Coast Guard warrant officer, who was fished out of the river in his car in 1979. Gavitt just wanted to get the bad guys, or solve a case, and he didn’t mind using unconventional means.”
Psychics have long aided cops in their surveillance work especially on locating missing persons. Gavitt was wise and wise enough to know the value of psychics’ contribution to detective work, much as he knew a good psychic from a false one.
Gavitt also is remembered for having a good heart.
He sacrificed his own job so a younger captain could keep his position when the City Council cut the deputy chief’s position in a tight budget year.
“Say whatever you want about Bill Gavitt, but he had a good heart and a knack for talking to people. He was far from perfect, and his excesses, drinking and smoking, likely contributed to his death, but he was one of those guys who were both tender and rough around the edges at the same time,” TheDay.com reports.
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