State's Attorney John Doyle speaks during a hearing for four former members of the New Haven Police Department seeking accelerated rehabilitation for two charges related to the incident that left Richard "Randy" Cox paralyzed, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. Four former Connecticut police officers arrested for allegedly mistreating Cox who wound up paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and possibly let them avoid trial. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Former New Haven Police Officer Ronald Pressley, right, appears in Superior Court in New Haven, Conn., on Thursday, March 28, 2024, with attorney Jake Donovan seeking accelerated rehabilitation for two charges related to the incident that left Richard "Randy" Cox paralyzed. Four former Connecticut police officers, including Pressley, arrested for allegedly mistreating Cox who wound up paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and possibly let them avoid trial. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Former New Haven Police Sgt. Betsy Segui, right, with attorney, Gregory Cerritelli, appears in Superior Court in New Haven, Conn., on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Four former Connecticut police officers, including Segui, arrested for allegedly mistreating a man who wound up paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and possibly let them avoid trial. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
FILE - This combo of photos provided by the Connecticut State Police, shows, from left, New Haven, Conn. Police officers, Oscar Diaz, Betsy Segui, Jocelyn Lavandier, Luis Rivera and Ronald Pressley. Four former Connecticut police officers who were arrested for their alleged mistreatment of Richard “Randy” Cox, who was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022, were denied bids to enter pretrial probation programs Thursday, March 28, 2024, that could have led to the criminal charges being erased. The four former officers, Diaz, Segui, Pressley, and Rivera, were charged with misdemeanors: negligent cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment. Lavandier, faces the same charges but was not at Thursday’s hearing as her case was postponed until May. (Connecticut State Police via AP, File)
Former New Haven Police Officer Luis Rivera, right, appears in Superior Court in New Haven, Conn., on Thursday, March 28, 2024, with attorney Raymond Hassett seeking accelerated rehabilitation for two charges related to the incident that left Richard "Randy" Cox paralyzed. The former New Haven officers' applications for a pretrial probation program were rejected Thursday in the case of Cox. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Former New Haven Police Officer Oscar Diaz, right, appears in Superior Court in New Haven on March 28, 2024, with attorney Matthew Popilowski, seeking accelerated rehabilitation for two charges related to the incident that left Richard "Randy" Cox paralyzed. The former New Haven officers' applications for a pretrial probation program were rejected Thursday in the case of Cox. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Attorney Jack O'Donnell speaks on behalf of Richard "Randy" Cox during a hearing for four former members of the New Haven Police Department seeking accelerated rehabilitation for two charges related to the incident that left Cox paralyzed, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. The former New Haven officers' applications for a pretrial probation program were rejected Thursday in the case of Cox. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)