Two Bridgeport detectives who were involved in the Lauren Smith Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls death investigations have been put on administrative leave, according to Mayor Joe Ganim.

They are the subject of a Bridgeport Police Department Internal Affairs investigation and disciplinary action due to their “lack of sensitivity to the public and their failure to follow police procedure in the handling of these two matters.”

“The Bridgeport Police Department has high standards for officer sensitivity especially in matters involving the death of a family member,” said Ganim in a video exclusively obtained by News 12. “It is an unaccepted failure that policies were not followed. To the families, friends, and all who care about human decency that should be shown in these situations – in this case, by members of the police department – I’m very sorry.”

The family of 53-year-old Brenda Lee Rawls told News 12’s Frank Recchia that the police department mishandled the investigation into her death. According to the family, they were disrespected by police and failed to be notified of her death in a timely manner.

The family told News 12 back in December that Rawls was found deceased in her home on Pearl Street but were not notified by police of her death.

She was found on the same day as Lauren Smith-Fields, 23, of Bridgeport. News 12 Connecticut was the first to report on the untimely death of Smith-Fields on Dec. 22 – a beloved college student who was found one day after a date that was made thought the app Bumble.

Three days later, News 12 broke a strikingly similar story about 53-year-old Brenda Lee Rawls, who authorities say was also found dead the same day in the same neighborhood by a different man she had gone out with on the same night, Dec. 11. In both cases, the families say they weren't notified by police and allege investigators were racially insensitive.

It was later revealed that Smith-Fields died from an overdose of drugs and alcohol. The police department opened a criminal investigation after the medical examiner released the cause of death.

Ganim told News 12 that insensitivity, disrespect in action, or deviation in policy will not tolerated by his administration.

“It should also be noted that the untimely death of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls are both still under active investigation and have been reassigned to members of the Bridgeport Police Department to resolve,” said Ganim.

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