Each has his own ideas about how to go about investigating cases, but instead of leading to tension between the partners, they rely on one another's experiences and intuition to get ahead of the bad guys. "People like talking to him," Phillips said of Connelly, who is a mixed martial arts fighter and an avid Spiderman fan. The two, who are assigned to the Stamford Police Department's Narcotics and Organized Crime squad, have been named the 2014 Officers of the Year. The squad has a number of other past officers of the year assigned to it, including its ranking officer, Lt.