There was another continuance in the case of Douglas Fisher, the former Brookfield police dispatcher accused of embezzling $17,000 while president of the local branch of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) from October 2005 to 2009.

On Wednesday, August 25, the state turned over banking records requested by Fisher's attorney, James Diamond, who has a practice in Danbury. The pre-trial hearing was continued until Tuesday, September 14, to allow the plaintiff to carry out forensic accounting.

Diamond said that he was unsure when the trial would begin, as "this is a document and paper intensive case" that will take time to work through.

Fisher was arrested on April 23 after current IFPTE President Michael Booher and Vice-President Sheree Tucker, both dispatchers, uncovered alleged discrepancies in the union's books and brought them to the attention of police detectives. (IFPTE covers 32 Brookfield employees working as dispatchers, groundskeepers and in clerical positions.) After looking into the accounts, police discovered $17,285 in questionable withdraws and charged Fisher with larceny in the second degree.

He pled not guilty in Danbury Superior Court on May 10.

Fisher was fired on June 4 for violating the town's Standards of Employee Conduct when he gave false statements in an interview with town officials, according to First Selectman Bill Davidson. Fisher has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with the town to receive Board of Selectmen (BOS) meeting minutes and video from the June 7 meeting, where the Selectmen discussed the reasoning behind his termination, including some reservations about firing an employee in the midst of a criminal trial.