Orange Police Sergeant Promoted To Lieutenant

ORANGE, CT — An Orange police sergeant who first joined the department as a patrol officer in 2007 has become its newest lieutenant, after he was recently sworn in.

Jonathan DeRubeis was sworn in as a lieutenant on Friday afternoon, the police department said on Facebook, and he has initially been assigned to the overnight patrol division.

Lt. DeRubeis served on the Southwest Regional Emergency Response Team — a unit that responds to situations which require advanced equipment, training, and technique — from 2010 to 2015, and he was promoted to sergeant in 2017.

Police said DeRubeis is also a firearms instructor, taser instructor, armorer, active shooter instructor, and use of force instructor.

In 2009, DeRubeis and Officer Jeffrey Platek were lauded for their efforts saving a 27-year-old semiconscious man from a house fire in Orange, the New Haven Register reported.

DeRubeis lives in Milford with his wife Christina and sons, police said.