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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1k. - Emergency alert system to assist in apprehension of persons suspected of killing or seriously injuring peace officers or in location of missing peace officers.

(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish an emergency alert system to assist law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of persons suspected of killing or seriously injuring peace officers or in the location of missing peace officers. The department shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the operation and administration of the system including, but not limited to, procedures for a law enforcement agency to request activation of the system and guidelines to ensure that the dissemination of information will not compromise the investigation of the offense or disappearance or violate the privacy of the peace officer who is the subject of the alert or of the officer's next-of-kin.
(b) The department may activate the system and issue an alert only if it determines, after consultation with the law enforcement agency requesting such activation, that:
(1) A peace officer: (A) Has been assaulted by another person resulting in such officer's death or serious physical injury or has been assaulted by another person with a deadly weapon, and the person suspected of such assault (i) has not been apprehended, and (ii) poses an imminent threat to the public or other peace officers, or (B) is missing while in the performance of such officer's duties under circumstances warranting concern for such officer's safety;
(2) Sufficient descriptive information is available to disseminate to the public concerning (A) the suspect or the suspect's vehicle or other means of escape, or (B) the circumstances of the peace officer's disappearance; and
(3) Dissemination of such information to the public could assist in apprehending the suspect, locating the missing peace officer or averting injury to any other person.
(c) As used in this section, “peace officer”, “serious physical injury” and “deadly weapon” have the same meanings as provided in section 53a-3.
(P.A. 13-24, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1l. - Notification of incident. Policy re dissemination of information on incident.

(a) On and after October 1, 2013, in the event of any incident involving numerous victims or casualties, the chief or superintendent of the local police department having jurisdiction over the municipality where such incident occurred or, where there is no organized local police department, the commanding officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality may notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such incident. Upon receipt of such notification, said commissioner shall, by any means he or she deems appropriate, notify all organized local police departments in the state and all state police troops of the incident, the location and time of the incident and any other information said commissioner deems appropriate for dissemination to local police departments and state police troops.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2013, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, shall adopt a written policy concerning the type of information that shall be disseminated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the method of accomplishing the dissemination of such information.
(P.A. 13-221, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 13-221 effective June 25, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1o. - Definitions.

As used in sections 29-1p and 29-1q:
(1) “Genuine terrorist threat” means an incident, threat or activity involving an act of domestic or international terrorism sufficient to affect public safety that is deemed credible.
(2) “Local chief elected official” means the mayor, selectman or town manager of a city or town.
(P.A. 06-151, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1p. - Determination of genuine terrorist threat.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may assess threats to public safety to determine when a threat qualifies as a genuine terrorist threat. The commissioner may consult with whatever agencies or officials the commissioner deems appropriate for such evaluation.
(P.A. 06-151, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 166.)
History: P.A. 11-51 replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re reporting genuine terrorist threats and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1q. - Communication with local officials.

(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall develop a method of direct communication with local chief elected officials.
(b) Whenever bomb detection personnel are sent to a location in response to a threat received at the state level, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall immediately notify the local police chief of the location of the potential threat. The local police chief shall immediately notify the chief elected official of the municipality.
(P.A. 06-151, S. 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1s. - Commissioner and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection substituted for former commissioners and departments.

Section 29-1s is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-80, S. 192; 12-81, S. 24; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 245–247; P.A. 13-25, S. 7; 13-32, S. 9; 13-234, S. 88; 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 528 - Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection › Section 29-1u. - Connecticut medal of bravery.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to award the Connecticut medal of bravery directly or posthumously to any citizen of the state in recognition of a valorous and heroic deed performed in saving a life or for injury or death or threat of injury or death incurred in the service of the state or such citizen's community or on behalf of the health, welfare or safety of other persons. Recommendations for the Connecticut medal of bravery may be submitted to the commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, by any member of the public.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 113.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-1zz. (Formerly Sec. 29-1a). - Terms “State Police Commissioner” or “Commissioner of State Police” deemed to mean Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection; “State Police Department” deemed to mean Division of State Police.

(a) Whenever the term “State Police Commissioner” or “Commissioner of State Police” is used or referred to in the general statutes relating to the duties and responsibilities of said commissioner, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
(b) Whenever the term “State Police Department” is used or referred to in the general statutes relating to the duties and responsibilities of said department, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Sec. 29-1a transferred to Sec. 29-1zz in 1983; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-2. - Powers of commissioner.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall have all the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman. He shall submit to the Governor an annual report, as provided in section 4-60, setting forth in detail the work of said division. Said commissioner shall prescribe rules for the government of the division and, in any investigation made by him relating to the personnel of the division, may administer oaths and summon witnesses and compel their attendance as provided by law for the attendance of witnesses at court.
(1949 Rev., S. 3641; June, 1955, S. 1985d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-106, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-180, S. 152, 166; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 74-106 deleted provision requiring that general office of the state police department be located in Hartford; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced state police commissioner and department with commissioner of public safety and division of state police within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 96-180 substituted “The Commissioner of Public Safety” for “Said commissioner”, effective June 3, 1996; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 7-285 for disposition of articles found or stolen articles recovered.
Cited. 161 C. 324.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-2a. - Legal review of police policies and practices of Division of State Police.

The Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General, or their designees who shall be attorneys in their respective offices, shall annually conduct a legal review of the police policies and practices of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, including the policies and procedures relative to the protection of civil liberties. They shall examine all police practices and procedures followed by the Division of State Police and shall select the practices and procedures to be reviewed. Such review may include, but need not be limited to: An evaluation of the Division of State Police policies and practices to ensure that they comply with state and federal law; recommendations for changes in those policies or practices to avoid violations of federal and state constitutional, statutory or regulatory provisions; and a summary of recent changes in statutory or case law which may impact on those state police policies and practices. The Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General shall enter into a cooperative agreement which shall define the staffing requirements for the review and the specific process for the completion of the duties required by the provisions of this section. On January 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, the Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General shall submit the review to the Governor, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Auditors of Public Accounts, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
(P.A. 90-120, S. 1, 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 68; P.A. 17-60, S. 10.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made a technical change; P.A. 17-60 deleted reference to Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2017.
See Sec. 7-294m re instruction concerning new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-2b. - Imposition of pedestrian citation or traffic ticket quotas prohibited.

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not impose any quota with respect to the issuance of citations to pedestrians or summonses for motor vehicle violations upon any policeman in said department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit said department from using data concerning the issuance of such citation or summonses in the evaluation of an individual's work performance, provided such data is not the exclusive means of evaluating such performance. As used in this section, “quota” means a specified number of citations issued to pedestrians or summonses for motor vehicle violations to be issued within a specified period of time.
(P.A. 91-222, S. 1, 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 39.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 added references to citations issued to pedestrians.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-3a. - Educational qualifications and certification requirements.

After graduation from the State Police Training Academy, and before becoming a sworn member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, all state police trainees shall have received a high school diploma or an equivalent approved by the state Department of Education and shall have obtained certification from the Police Officer Standards and Training Council within one year of becoming a sworn member of said division. Nothing in this section shall prohibit prospective state police applicants from being admitted to the State Police Training Academy without having received either the high school diploma or equivalent.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 48, 55; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 2.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 added certification requirement within one year of becoming sworn member, effective July 31, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-3b. - Report on personnel projections for state police force.

Section 29-3b is repealed, effective June 15, 2012.
(P.A. 93-348, S. 7, 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 291.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-4a. - Death or disability from hypertension or heart disease. Compensation.

Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the performance of his duty and shall be compensable in accordance with the provisions of section 5-142 for a period of three months. If, at the end of that period, the administrator of the state's workers' compensation claims wishes to contest whether the disability occurred in the actual performance of police duty, as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-142, he shall notify the member of his decision. The member or the employee organization may then bring the matter before the administrative law judge of the appropriate district to determine if the disability is compensable under chapter 568 or subsection (a) of section 5-142. A member who has suffered such total or partial disability shall have the right to elect to receive either (1) the compensation indicated in section 5-142, or (2) the benefits produced under chapter 568 and the state employees retirement system, but not both. The provisions of subsection (a) of section 5-142 shall apply with regard to the timing of such election.
(1959, P.A. 246, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 85-510, S. 1, 35; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 21-18, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-510 added provisions re compensation for disability and deleted provision that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the provisions of chapter 568; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 21-18, “workers' compensation commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “administrative law judge”, effective October 1, 2021.
State police trooper employed by department does not have an election of remedies as between Sec. 5-145a and this section; rather, trooper must proceed under this section. 70 CA 321.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-4e. - Collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards. Disclosure of certain disciplinary actions.

No collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award entered into before, on or after July 31, 2020, by the state and any collective bargaining unit of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may prohibit the disclosure of any disciplinary action based on a violation of the code of ethics contained in the personnel file of a sworn member of said division.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 9.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 effective July 31, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-5f. - Temporary promotions for commissioner's aide and Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard. Validation of previous promotions.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Public Safety, consistent with budgetary allotments, may (1) promote two state policemen to the rank of sergeant to serve in the position of commissioner's aide, and (2) upon the request of the Governor, promote two state policemen to the rank of sergeant to serve in the position of Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard. Such policemen appointed to the position of commissioner's aide shall retain the rank of sergeant after the commissioner's term of office expires or upon the commissioner's removal, resignation or failure to complete his term of office until such policemen have the opportunity to qualify at the examination given for the position of sergeant following the conclusion of such assignment. Such policemen appointed to the position of Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall retain the rank of sergeant upon conclusion of such assignment until such policemen have the opportunity to qualify at the examination given for the position of sergeant following the conclusion of such assignment. In the event any such policeman does not qualify for promotion to the rank of sergeant he shall return to his permanent civil service rank. Any such promotion of any state policeman by the Commissioner of Public Safety or by the Commissioner of State Police prior to November 1, 1990, is validated and such policeman shall retain the rank held during such assignment.
(P.A. 83-46, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-337, S. 5, 8; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 90-337 amended Subdiv. (1) to increase from one to two the number of state policemen promoted to sergeant to serve as commissioner's aide, and changed date re validation from May 4, 1983, to November 1, 1990; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 amended section to provide that any state policeman serving as commissioner's aide or governor's chauffeur-bodyguard who is promoted to sergeant in connection with such service shall retain the rank of sergeant after the commissioner ceases to hold office or after his assignment as governor's chauffeur-bodyguard concludes until he has an opportunity to qualify at the next sergeant's examination and if he fails to qualify for promotion to sergeant he shall return to his permanent civil service rank, effective December 13, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-6. - Uniforms and equipment.

The entire state police force shall be uniformed and equipped with arms and motor vehicles in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; but it shall be within his discretion to dispense with the uniform in the performance of special duty.
(1949 Rev., S. 3649.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-6a. - Use of official hat and insignia of state police.

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall cause to be filed with the Secretary of the State a drawing or photograph and a worded description of the official hat and insignia to be worn by state policemen while on duty.
(b) Thereafter, no policeman shall wear or use in public such official hat or insignia, or any imitation, reproduction or facsimile thereof, except a duly appointed member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection authorized by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to wear such hat or insignia.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1967, P.A. 594; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-6b. - Fire suppression systems for patrol cars.

Each vehicle purchased for use primarily as a patrol car by a state police officer shall be equipped with a manufacturer-installed fire suppression system, provided such fire suppression system is available from at least one manufacturer. For purposes of this section, “fire suppression system” means a system that is integrated into the structure and electrical architecture of a vehicle and (1) uses sensors to measure post-impact vehicle movement to determine the optimal time to deploy chemicals designed to suppress the spread of fire or extinguish a fire resulting from a high-speed rear-end collision, and (2) may be activated both manually and automatically.
(P.A. 04-133, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 49; P.A. 11-178, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 required each vehicle purchased for use primarily as a patrol car by a state police officer to be equipped with a fire suppression system not later than January 1, 2007, deleting reference to former date “on or after January 1, 2006”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-178 inserted “provided such fire suppression system is available from at least one manufacturer” and made a technical change, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-7. - Powers and duties of force. Barracks.

The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, upon its initiative, or when requested by any person, shall, whenever practical, assist in or assume the investigation, detection and prosecution of any criminal matter or alleged violation of law. All state policemen shall have, in any part of the state, the same powers with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law relating thereto as policemen or constables have in their respective jurisdictions. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall devise and make effective a system of police patrols throughout the state, exclusive of cities and boroughs, for the purpose of preventing or detecting any violation of the criminal law or any law relating to motor vehicles and shall establish and maintain such barracks or substations as may prove necessary to accomplish such purpose.
(1949 Rev., S. 3650; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 66; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 00-99, S. 73, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
See Sec. 7-282b re installation and connection of automatic calling devices.
See Sec. 54-1f re authority of state police to make arrests without warrants.
Cited. 196 C. 623; 197 C. 507; 202 C. 158; 227 C. 363.
Presumption exists that commissioner used reasonable discretion in selecting particular radar unit. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-7a. - Establishment of sex crimes analysis unit.

Section 29-7a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(P.A. 75-553, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 85-613, S. 67, 154; P.A. 93-340, S. 18, 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-7c. - Legalized gambling investigative unit.

There is established a unit in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to be known as the legalized gambling investigative unit. The unit, in conjunction with the special policemen in the Department of Consumer Protection, shall be responsible for (1) the criminal enforcement of the provisions of sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, and chapters 226, 226b and 229a, and (2) the investigation, detection of and assistance in the prosecution of any criminal matter or alleged violation of criminal law with respect to legalized gambling, provided the legalized gambling investigative unit shall be the primary criminal enforcement agency. Nothing in this section shall limit the powers granted to persons appointed to act as special policemen in accordance with the provisions of section 29-18c.
(P.A. 86-419, S. 23; P.A. 08-70, S. 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134, 201.)
History: P.A. 08-70 amended Subdiv. (1) to add references to Secs. 7-169 to 7-186 and Ch. 229a, effective May 27, 2008; P.A. 11-51 replaced “Division of Special Revenue” with “Department of Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-7m. - Record and classification of crimes motivated by bigotry or bias.

Section 29-7m is repealed, effective January 1, 2023.
(P.A. 87-279, S. 1, 3; P.A. 97-18; P.A. 00-72, S. 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 22-9, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 97-18 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended said Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and added Subsec. (b) to require local law enforcement agencies to monitor, record and classify all violations of Sec. 53a-181b and report such information to the Division of State Police; P.A. 00-72 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “section 53a-181b” with reference to “section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181
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”; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-7n. - Record and classification of gang-related crimes.

(a) For the purposes of sections 7-294l and 7-294x, subsection (a) of section 10-16b, subsection (b) of this section and sections 3 and 8 of public act 93-416*, “gang” means a group of juveniles or youths who, acting in concert with each other, or with adults, engage in illegal activities.
(b) On and after July 1, 1994, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are gang-related in accordance with the provisions of section 29-1c.
(P.A. 93-416, S. 1, 2, 10; P.A. 06-196, S. 158; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
*Note: Sections 3 and 8 of public act 93-416 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
History: P.A. 93-416 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-8. - Riots. Immunities.

In case of riot or civil commotion in any part of the state, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, on order of the Governor, shall use its best efforts to suppress the same. In the event of such participation by the Division of State Police in the suppression of any riot or similar disorder, the same immunities and privileges as apply to the organized militia shall apply to the members of said division, provided, after the crowd management policy has been adopted as a regulation under section 7-294hh, any such member is in substantial compliance with such policy.
(1949 Rev., S. 3651; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 108; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 6.)
History: 1971 act deleted requirement that “preliminary warning as prescribed in section 53-169” be given to persons “assembled against the peace” before police suppress riot or civil commotion; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 added requirement for substantial compliance with crowd management policy, effective July 31, 2020.
See Sec. 27-60 re limited liability and immunity from arrest of militia.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-8a. - Indemnification of state police, State Capitol police and certain special police in civil rights actions. Fees and costs.

(a) The state shall protect and save harmless any state policeman from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of the alleged deprivation by such state policeman of any person's civil rights, which deprivation was not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such state policeman, at the time of the acts resulting in such alleged deprivation, was acting in the discharge of his duties or within the scope of his employment or under the direction of a superior officer.
(b) Legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention, by any state policeman, of an attorney to represent his interests in any action referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be borne by the state only in those cases in which (1) such state policeman is ultimately found not to have acted in a wanton, reckless or malicious manner or (2) no punitive damages are ultimately assessed against such state policeman.
(c) As used in this section, state policeman includes a member of the Office of State Capitol Police or any person appointed under section 29-18 as a special policeman for the State Capitol building and grounds, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and related structures and facilities, and other areas under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
(P.A. 73-617, S. 1; P.A. 80-33, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-450, S. 1; P.A. 84-48, S. 15, 17; P.A. 89-82, S. 9, 11; P.A. 96-219, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 80-33 added Subsec. (c) to specify that provisions are applicable to capitol security officers and special policemen for state capitol building and grounds; P.A. 81-450 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) allowing state's payment of policeman's legal fees and costs when attorney general has recommended that policeman obtain attorney's services in cases where attorney general is of the opinion that state's interests differ from those of policeman and added provision whereby state pays for legal costs if no punitive damages are assessed against policeman; P.A. 84-48 inserted reference to special policemen for other areas under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 89-82 expanded reference in Subsec. (c) to state capitol building and grounds to include legislative office building and parking garage and related structures and facilities; P.A. 96-219 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the name of the “Office of Capitol Security” to the “Office of State Capitol Police”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-9. - Acceptance or offering of gifts or rewards by or to state or local police.

Section 29-9 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(1949 Rev., S. 3648; 1967, P.A. 409, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 05-288, S. 127; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-10. - Commissioner may delegate authority.

Any person may, and any policeman, with the consent of the authority to which he is subject, shall, go to any part of the state when required by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and, while so acting under the authority of the commissioner, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen and shall be paid such sum as is fixed by said commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3652; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 00-99, S. 74, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to deputy sheriff, effective December 1, 2000; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-10a. - Use of state police rifle ranges by civilian rifle clubs.

Civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of the United States and members of organized police departments may be permitted to use the outdoor and indoor rifle and pistol ranges belonging to, or under the control of, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for practice with small arms in accordance with such regulations as the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may prescribe, provided such use of any rifle or pistol range shall at no time interfere with the instruction or practice of members of the Division of State Police.
(1967, P.A. 443; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-10b. - Fees for record searches and copies.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall charge the following fees for the item or service indicated:
(1) Each search of the record files made pursuant to a request for a copy of an accident or investigative report which results in no document being produced, sixteen dollars.
(2) Each copy of an accident or investigative report, sixteen dollars.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 56, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 306; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 113; P.A. 13-32, S. 11.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $8 to $16; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-32 deleted “six dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993,”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-10c. - Accident records of state police.

Any memorandum, sketch, chart, written statement, report or photograph obtained, prepared or created by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the investigation of any accident wherein any person has been injured or property damaged shall be preserved and retained for a period of at least ten years from the date of such accident. Subsequent to the final disposition of any criminal action arising out of an accident, the records specified in this section and the information contained in such records shall be open to public inspection, except that such records shall be available to any person involved in the accident subsequent to the issuance of a warrant or summons in such action or not later than thirty days after such accident, whichever is earlier. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may deny access to such records for a period longer than thirty days if such access would compromise an ongoing criminal investigation.
(P.A. 97-12; P.A. 11-31, S. 1; 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 11-31 added provisions allowing a person involved in an accident access to the accident records not later than 30 days after the accident and allowing department to deny access for longer than 30 days if an ongoing criminal investigation would be compromised, and made technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-11a. - State police to report arrests to Bureau of Identification.

Any state police officer who makes an arrest of a person shall, without delay, report the record of such arrest to the State Police Bureau of Identification. For the purposes of this section, “record of such arrest” means the name and address of the person arrested, the date, time and place of the arrest and the offense for which the person was arrested.
(P.A. 83-272, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-12. - Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested persons. Regulations.

(a) All persons arrested for crime as described in section 29-11 shall submit to the taking of their fingerprints, photograph and physical description and all constables and chiefs of police of organized police departments and the commanding officers of state police stations shall immediately furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification two copies of a standard identification card on which shall be imprinted fingerprints of each person so arrested, together with the physical description of, and such information as said bureau may require with respect to, such arrested person. In the event fingerprint or photographic images of arrested persons are captured by electronic means, the captured electronic images shall be immediately transmitted to said bureau. Any electronic imaging equipment used to capture such fingerprint or photographic images shall be approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or said commissioner's designee.
(b) All wardens of correctional institutions and the Community Correctional Center Administrator shall furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification such information with respect to prisoners as said bureau requires.
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the submission to and the taking of fingerprints as required under this section which will promote efficiency and be consistent with advances in automation and technology.
(1949 Rev., S. 3654; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 76-333, S. 2; P.A. 78-200, S. 4; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 87-282, S. 18; P.A. 00-99, S. 75, 154; P.A. 05-52, S. 1; P.A. 06-111, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 76-333 added word “police” in reference to “state police bureau of identification”; P.A. 78-200 authorized state police commissioner to adopt regulations re fingerprinting; P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police in keeping with changes enacted by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 87-282 deleted reference to “superintendents of correctional institutions”; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 05-52 divided section into Subsecs. (a) to (c), inserting in Subsec. (a) requirement that arrested persons submit to taking of photograph and provisions re fingerprint or photographic images of arrested persons captured by electronic means and re approval of electronic imaging equipment used therefor, and in Subsec. (c) requirement that regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54; P.A. 06-111 deleted photograph requirement for identification cards in Subsec. (a), effective June 2, 2006; 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.
Cited. 196 C. 430.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-12a. - Maintenance of fingerprints in electronic format. Destruction of paper copy. Electronic submission of fingerprints.

(a) The State Police Bureau of Identification may maintain the fingerprints of arrested persons received pursuant to section 29-12 and of persons who have submitted fingerprints in connection with a criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a in an electronic format in lieu of a paper format.
(b) Whenever the bureau converts fingerprints contained in its files from a paper format to an electronic format, it may destroy the paper copy of such fingerprints.
(c) On and after January 1, 2014, any organized local police department that has the capability to electronically capture the fingerprints of arrested persons under section 29-12 and the fingerprints of persons requesting a criminal history records check under section 29-17a shall submit such fingerprints electronically to the State Police Bureau of Identification.
(P.A. 06-111, S. 2; 06-187, S. 43; P.A. 13-80, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 06-111 and 06-187 both contained identical provisions, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 13-80 added Subsec. (c) re electronic submission of fingerprints by local police departments on and after January 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-13. - Notice of judgments.

When the criminal charge against a person who has been arrested and fingerprinted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is disposed of in any court, the clerk of such court shall, within three days, notify the State Police Bureau of Identification of the judgment of the court on printed forms provided by said bureau.
(1949 Rev., S. 3655; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 62; P.A. 76-333, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act removed references to trial justices; P.A. 76-333 added word “police” in reference to “state police bureau of identification”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › Chapter 529 - Division of State Police › Section 29-14. - Duties of bureau.

Said bureau shall, on the receipt of any such identification card, immediately cause the files to be examined and shall promptly return to the police department or peace officer submitting such identification card a true transcript of the record of previous crimes committed by the person described on each such identification card, and said bureau shall assist police and prosecuting officials in the preparation and distribution of circulars relative to fugitives when so requested. When an arrest is made by an officer of a police department or other peace officer who is not equipped with necessary paraphernalia or skilled in the art of taking fingerprints and proper descriptions of criminals, he may call on the State Police Bureau of Identification or on the nearest state police station for assistance and any officer or officers so called shall render such assistance immediately.
(1949 Rev., S. 3656; P.A. 76-333, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 76-333 added word “police” in reference to “state police bureau of identification”.