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CT Gen Stat § 7-282e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-282e - Recording of incidents of use of physical force, discharge of a firearm or engagement of a pursuit. Reporting.

 (a) Each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall create and maintain a record detailing any incident during which a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, (1) uses physical force that is likely to cause serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to another person or the death of another person, including, but not limited to, striking another person with an open or closed hand, club or baton, kicking another person, using pepper spray or an electroshock weapon on another person or using a chokehold or other method of restraint applied to the neck area of another person, (2) discharges a firearm, except during a training exercise or in the course of dispatching an animal, or (3) engages in a pursuit, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-283a. Such record shall include, but not be limited to: The name of the police officer, the time and place of the incident, a description of what occurred during the incident and, to the extent known, the names of the victims and witnesses present at such incident.(b) Not later than February 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each law enforcement unit shall prepare and submit a report concerning incidents described in subsection (a) of this section during the preceding calendar year to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management. Such report shall include (1) the records described in subsection (a) of this section, (2) summarized data compiled from such records, and (3) statistics on each use of force incident, including, but not limited to, (A) the race and gender of such person upon whom force was used, provided the identification of such characteristics shall be based on the observation and perception of the police officer, (B) the number of times force was used on such person, and (C) any injury suffered by such person against whom force was used. Each law enforcement unit shall, prior to submission of any such report pursuant to this subsection, redact any information from such report that may identify a minor, witness or victim.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 5; P.A. 19-90, S. 1.)History: P.A. 19-90 designated existing provisions re record of certain incidents as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding provision re chokehold or other method of restraint applied to neck area in Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (3) re engaging in pursuit, and making technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re reporting.
CT Gen Stat § 7-283 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-283 - Employment of private detectives.

 No municipal corporation shall employ private detectives in the investigation or detection of crime at an expense of more than five hundred dollars unless a specific appropriation therefor has been made, nor unless the authorities thereof have first applied to the state police for assistance in such investigation and waited a reasonable time for said state police to act. Any municipal official who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall be liable to such municipality in a civil action for the amount expended in excess of such sum as has been appropriated for such investigation.(1949 Rev., S. 664; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police a division within the department of public safety rather than a separate department, effective January 1, 1979.Cited. 104 C. 15.
CT Gen Stat § 7-284 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-284 - Police protection at places of amusement.

 When police protection is necessary or required at any boxing bout or wrestling match, place of public amusement, sport contest or hockey, baseball or basketball game, or any other exhibition or contest, which is being held or is to be held in any municipality, the amount of such protection necessary shall be determined and shall be furnished by (1) the chief or superintendent of the police department in any municipality having an organized or paid police department or (2) the commanding officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over the municipality in any municipality having a resident state trooper. Any such protection shall be paid for by the person or persons operating, conducting or promoting such game, exhibition or contest.(1949 Rev., S. 704; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 82-193, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-21.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted division of state police within the department of public safety for state police department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-193 clarified provisions dealing with the determination and provision of police protection at places of amusement and added Subsec. (b) dealing with traffic control at certain pari-mutuel facilities; P.A. 85-21 deleted former Subsec. (b), which had permitted associations licensed under chapter 226 which conduct jai alai or racing to employ persons to control traffic near pari-mutuel facilities.Cited. 213 C. 269. Section was applied to plaintiff in a manner consistent with first amendment. 236 C. 781.Although “shall” can connote a mandatory command, the language of statute read as a whole involves discretionary acts and does not create a ministerial duty to furnish police protection. 138 CA 40.Inapplicable to restaurants and dances at restaurants. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 631.
CT Gen Stat § 7-285 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-285 - Sale of unclaimed goods by police departments.

 The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board of police commissioners, the chief of police, superintendent of police or other authority having charge of a police department may sell by public auction any and all articles found and which have remained in the possession thereof for one year or more. Before such sale, such authority shall cause the time and place thereof, and a description of such of the articles as are of the appraised value of fifty dollars or more, to be advertised at least once a week, for two successive weeks, at least two weeks prior to the actual sale date, in a daily newspaper published in the county in which such articles were found or recovered. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting the expenses thereof, shall be paid to the State Treasurer or the treasurer of the municipality, who shall keep the same as a separate fund to be used and applied for the relief of sick, injured or disabled policemen, to be expended under the sole direction of such commissioners or other authority in charge and upon their orders only. In any municipality where such a fund is otherwise provided for, such proceeds shall be deposited in its general fund.(1949 Rev., S. 667; 1961, P.A. 586; P.A. 75-530, S. 21, 35; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 93-65; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)History: 1961 act broadened section formerly applicable only to city departments to include all police departments and added provision governing deposit of proceeds in general fund; P.A. 75-530 deleted provision allowing sale of stolen articles; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-65 amended section to increase the value of property which must be noticed prior to its auction from $5 to $50 and provided for its advertisement at least two weeks prior to the sale; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.See Sec. 7-296 re reserve funds of police departments.See Secs. 50-9 to 50-14, inclusive, re towns' adoption of procedure with regard to lost goods.
CT Gen Stat § 7-286 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-286 - Police matrons in certain cities.

 In each city of this state having a population of twenty thousand or more, as shown by the last-preceding United States census, the board of police commissioners or police committee shall appoint a police matron, whose duty it shall be to take charge of all women arrested and held by the police of the city.(1949 Rev., S. 668.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-287 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-287 - Female prisoners under care of police matron.

 The board of police commissioners or the police committee in each such city shall assign a certain part of the central police station of the city for female prisoners, which part shall be under the care and control of the police matron, subject to the orders of the chief of police. There shall also be provided by each such city a convenient private room for the use of the police matron, either within the station or in its neighborhood.(1949 Rev., S. 669.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-288 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-288 - Duty of police matron.

 The police matron shall take charge of that part of the station so assigned for female prisoners and keep the same in proper condition; and shall, at all times when there are no female prisoners at the station, be within easy call and attend day or night upon such call.(1949 Rev., S. 670.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-289 - Qualifications of matron; salary; removal.

 Each police matron shall be (1) a female police officer or (2) a woman at least eighteen years of age. The hiring authority may establish other qualifications for the employment of police matrons and require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications. Such matron shall receive such salary as the common council of the city determines and may be removed by the board of police commissioners or police committee if, in its judgment, the public interest requires it. The officer in charge of the station shall, whenever it is necessary, order policemen to assist the matron upon her request for such assistance.(1949 Rev., S. 671; P.A. 87-39, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-2; P.A. 91-171, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 87-39 reduced minimum age of matrons from 30 to 18; P.A. 89-2 authorized female police officer to be qualified as a police matron; P.A. 91-171 eliminated from the qualifications for a matron that a woman at least 18 years of age be “of good moral character, recommended in writing by at least five men and five women of good standing, who have been for five years residents of the city”, and added provision authorizing the hiring authority to establish other qualifications and require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications.
CT Gen Stat § 7-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-290 - Separate station for female prisoners.

 Any city, required by section 7-286 to have a police matron, may provide a separate station for the detention of female prisoners. In any city which has no board of police commissioners or board charged with its general duties, the powers and duties hereby given and assigned to such a board may be exercised and discharged by the mayor of the city.(1949 Rev., S. 672.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-291 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-291 - Police surgeons.

 Section 7-291 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 673; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-291a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-291a - Efforts re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers. Annual report.

 (a) If a law enforcement unit serves a community with a relatively high concentration of minority residents, the unit shall make efforts to recruit, retain and promote minority police officers so that the racial and ethnic diversity of such unit is representative of such community. Such efforts may include, but are not limited to: (1) Efforts to attract young persons from the community such unit serves to careers in law enforcement through enrollment and participation in police athletic leagues in which police officers support young persons of the community through mentoring, sports, education and by fostering a positive relationship between such persons and police officers, the implementation of explorer programs and cadet units and support for public safety academies; (2) community outreach; and (3) implementation of policies providing that when there is a vacant position in such unit, such position shall be filled by hiring or promoting a minority candidate when the qualifications of such candidate exceed or are equal to that of any other candidate or candidates being considered for such position when such candidates are ranked on a promotion or examination register or list. For purposes of this section, “minority” means an individual whose race is defined as other than white, or whose ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce.(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the board of police commissioners, the chief of police, the superintendent of police or other authority having charge of a law enforcement unit that serves a community with a relatively high concentration of minority residents shall report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Council on the community's efforts to recruit, retain and promote minority police officers.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 3; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 10.)History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re annual report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, effective July 31, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 7-291b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-291b - Guidelines re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers.

 Not later than January 1, 2016, each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall develop and implement guidelines for the recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers, as defined in section 7-294a. Such guidelines shall promote achieving the goal of racial, gender and ethnic diversity within the law enforcement unit.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-291c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-291c - Prohibition against hiring police officer dismissed for malfeasance or who resigned or retired while under investigation.

 (a) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall hire any person as a police officer, as defined in said section 7-294a, who was previously employed as a police officer by such unit or in any other jurisdiction and who (1) was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such person's fitness to serve as a police officer; or (2) resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct.(b) Any law enforcement unit that has knowledge that any former police officer of such unit who (1) (A) was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct, or (B) resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct; and (2) is an applicant for the position of police officer with any other law enforcement unit, shall inform such other unit and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b of such dismissal, resignation or retirement.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer who is exonerated of each allegation against such officer of such malfeasance or other serious misconduct.(d) For purposes of this section, (1) “malfeasance” means the commonly approved usage of “malfeasance”; and (2) “serious misconduct” means improper or illegal actions taken by a police officer in connection with such officer's official duties that could result in a miscarriage of justice or discrimination, including, but not limited to, (A) a conviction of a felony, (B) fabrication of evidence, (C) repeated use of excessive force, (D) acceptance of a bribe, or (E) the commission of fraud.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 6; P.A. 17-180, S. 1.)History: P.A. 17-180 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by adding “and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b”.
CT Gen Stat § 7-291d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-291d - Employment protection of police officer who seeks or receives mental health care services. Return to duty. Law enforcement unit liability.

 (a) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall discharge, discipline, discriminate against or otherwise penalize a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, who is employed by such law enforcement unit solely because the police officer seeks or receives mental health care services or surrenders his or her firearm, ammunition or electronic defense weapon used in the performance of the police officer's official duties to such law enforcement unit during the time the police officer receives mental health care services. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to a police officer who (1) seeks or receives mental health care services to avoid disciplinary action by such law enforcement unit, or (2) refuses to submit himself or herself to an examination as provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) Prior to returning to a police officer his or her surrendered firearm, ammunition or electronic defense weapon used in the performance of the police officer's official duties, such law enforcement unit shall request the police officer to submit himself or herself to an examination by a mental health professional, as defined in section 31-294k. The examination shall be performed to determine whether the police officer is ready to report for official duty and shall be paid for by such law enforcement unit.(c) No civil action may be brought against a law enforcement unit for damages arising from an act or omission of a police officer employed by the unit with respect to the officer's use of his or her personal firearm, if (1) the officer seeks or receives mental health care services and surrenders to such unit his or her firearm, ammunition or electronic defense weapon used in the performance of the police officer's official duties, and (2) such act or omission occurs during the time period the officer has surrendered his or her firearm, ammunition or electronic defense weapon or within six months of the date of surrendering his or her firearm, ammunition or electronic defense weapon, whichever is longer.(P.A. 19-17, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-292 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-292 - Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen.

 (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid policemen as provided in sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section.(b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by ordinance, or shall, upon petition of the electors of such municipality in number not less than five per cent of the total number of electors on the last-completed registry list, submit the question of adopting the provisions of said sections to a vote of the electors thereof at the next general election or at a special election or meeting called for such purpose. Any such petition shall contain the ordinance to be voted upon by the electors. Such election or meeting shall be called and held, and the vote on such question canvassed and the result determined and certified, as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the laws governing the election of civil officers in such municipality. The notice or warning for such election or meeting shall state that a purpose of such election or meeting is to ascertain whether or not such municipality shall adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid policemen and that such election or meeting is called under the provisions of this section. The vote on such question shall be by voting tabulator, and the voting tabulator ballot, which shall bear the words “For a forty-hour week for policemen” and “Against a forty-hour week for policemen”, shall be provided for use in accordance with the provisions of section 9-250. If, upon the official determination of the result of such vote, it appears that a majority of those voting on the question are in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section, said sections shall take effect as to such municipality no later than ninety days thereafter, provided, where the fiscal year of any such municipality begins within ninety days thereafter, the effective date of said sections for such municipality shall not be later than the first day of the fiscal year next following the expiration of the ninety-day period.(1951, S. 431d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 50; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” and “ballot label” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator” and “ballot”, respectively, in Subsec. (b), effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 7-293 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-293 - Work week.

 The work week for all permanent paid members of the uniformed police force for municipalities adopting sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, shall be an average work week of not more than forty hours, computed over a period of one fiscal or calendar year, as the municipality elects; provided, unless otherwise prescribed by regulation or ordinance, any time spent in an emergency in excess of any regularly assigned or scheduled work week in connection with any actual police duty, including time spent going to, working at or returning from any actual police duty, or any other work or duty classified as an act of emergency shall not be included in computing such average work week.(1951, S. 432d.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-294 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 104 - Municipal Police and Fire Protection|Section 7-294 - Earnings not affected.

 There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of any police in municipalities adopting the provisions of sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, nor shall there be any lessening of any of their existing rights and privileges, as the result of the adoption of the work week provided therein.(1951, S. 433d.)