In a response to a Freedom of Information request by The Register Citizen newspaper, the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General has confirmed that it is investigating the Torrington Post Office in the wake of employee complaints against Postmaster Bryan Lalonde.
A letter “on behalf of several employees” to U.S. Postal Service District Manager Kimberly Peters alleges that Postmaster Bryan Lolande was caught deleting and altering hours within the employees’ time card system, according to The Register Citizen.

“For democracy to work, people need to know what’s going on,” Freedom of Information Commission Public Education Officer Thomas Hennick said Tuesday at a meeting in Torrington City Hall.
Hennick held a workshop with city department heads, commission members and area citizens to educate them about meeting laws and open records.

Municipalities, boards and commissions should think of everything they do in terms of being open and accessible to the public, he said.