Opinion ID: 1451762
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Heading: Special Master and City

Text: Since his appointment, the special master has issued numerous findings and recommendations in accordance with the order. The district court in turn has recognized the special master's broad powers to take all actions and measures necessary or proper to implement the remedial order. Bridgeport Guardians v. Delmonte, No. 05:78cv175 (D.Conn. May 14, 1999). It has also held the Department in contempt at least three times. See Bridgeport Guardians v. Delmonte, 371 F.Supp.2d 115, 120 (D.Conn.2005). In its April 2005 contempt ruling, the district court remarked on the Department's long history of foot-dragging and non-enforcement of its racial, ethnic and sexual slur and harassment policies, which it thought defied logic. Id. at 117, 119-20. The Bridgeport Police Department has now implemented a slur and harassment policy, which states that [i]n appropriate cases, Police Department employees may file a complaint with [the] Special Master. The policy has been approved by the district court and there are other signs that the parties may be moving closer to resolving their dispute. For now, however, the 1983 remedial order remains in effect, and the special master continues to carry out his duties under it. See Bridgeport Guardians v. Delmonte, 238 F.R.D. 123 (D.Conn.2006) (denying joint motion for modification of remedy order), reconsideration denied, No. 05:78cv175, 2007 WL 108472, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2029 (D.Conn. Jan.10, 2007), appeal filed, No. 07-0960 (2d Cir. Mar. 9, 2007).