Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 161 - Private Detective and Private Detective Agency › Part I - Private Detective and Private Detective Agency › Section 29-161-2 - Requirements for licensing as a private detective or private detective agency

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant
				for licensing as a private detective or private detective agency or the person
				applying on behalf of an association, corporation or partnership for licensing
				as a private detective agency shall be not less than twenty-five (25) years of
				age and of good moral character. Such applicant shall have had at least ten
				(10) years of full-time employment as a state or municipal police officer, or
				at least five (5) years of full-time employment as a licensed private detective
				or investigator, operator of a detective agency, detective or investigator with
				a federal, state or local law enforcement agency or as a municipal fire
				investigator.
(b) An application by
				an individual or by an association, corporation or partnership shall be made on
				forms prescribed by the commissioner and in the manner provided by section
				29-155
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. The application fee provided in section
				29-155c
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, payable to the Department of Public Safety
				with a cashier's check, money order or by such other method as the commissioner
				may prescribe, shall accompany the application. In addition, an applicant shall
				return all completed state and federal fingerprint cards, together with the
				appropriate fee per set, which shall be paid with a cashier's check or money
				order payable to the Department of Public Safety, or by such other payment
				method as the commissioner may prescribe. All supporting documentation that is
				required to be provided with such application shall be submitted to the
				department not later than sixty (60) days after the date that the application
				is filed.
(c) In addition to the
				items provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant shall provide
				the following documentation:
(1) Motor vehicle
				operator's records for the previous three years from any state in which the
				applicant resided during that period and a copy of the applicant's current
				motor vehicle operator's license;
(2) Copy of his or her DD-214 or other
				reliable documentation of military service, with reenlistment codes, if
				applicable;
(3) Credit bureau
				report prepared no more than six (6) months before the date of application for
				an individual applicant;
(4) Copy
				of a high school diploma, General Equivalency Degree (GED), college transcript
				or college degree, or proof of training as a private detective or private
				investigator, such as course transcripts or certificates;
(5) Proof of citizenship or the right to work
				in this country;
(6) If applicable,
				proof of employment as a private detective or private investigator, including
				length of service, title or titles held, duties performed in each position
				held, date of retirement or other separation from employment and the reason for
				separation from the employment. For the purposes of this subdivision, such
				proof may include, but shall not be limited to, statements from current or
				former employers;
(7) If the
				applicant is an individual or an association, corporation or partnership,
				information regarding whether the applicant is or has been licensed by
				Connecticut or another state. For applicants previously or currently licensed
				in another state, verification from the state licensing agency stating the
				applicant's name, type of license held, duration of license and proof that the
				license was or is in good standing;
(8) If the applicant is a corporation, proof
				of incorporation in Connecticut or authority to do business in Connecticut as a
				foreign corporation, issued by the Connecticut Secretary of the State's
				office;
(9) If the applicant is an
				association, corporation or partnership, such information as is required by
				section
				29-155
				of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(10) Four letters of character reference
				drafted and signed by the authors shall be sent directly to the Special
				Licensing and Firearms Unit by the authors. Letters shall include the authors'
				addresses and telephone numbers and, where available, e-mail addresses. The
				Special Licensing and Firearms Unit shall not consider form letters or letters
				from the applicant's spouse, parents or other immediate family
				members.