Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-64 - Security alarm systems; minimum requirements for dispensary facilities and production facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All dispensary
			 facilities and production facilities shall have an adequate security system to
			 prevent and detect diversion, theft or loss of marijuana utilizing commercial
			 grade equipment, which shall, at a minimum, include:
(1) A perimeter alarm;
(2) A motion detector;
(3) Video cameras in all areas that may
			 contain marijuana and at all points of entry and exit, which shall be
			 appropriate for the normal lighting conditions of the area under surveillance.
			 The dispensary facility or production facility shall direct cameras at all
			 approved safes, approved vaults, dispensing areas, marijuana sales areas and
			 any other area where marijuana is being produced, harvested, manufactured,
			 stored or handled. At entry and exit points, the dispensary facility or
			 production facility shall angle cameras so as to allow for the capture of clear
			 and certain identification of any person entering or exiting the
			 facility;
(4) Twenty-four hour
			 recordings from all video cameras, which the dispensary facility or production
			 facility shall make available for immediate viewing by the Drug Control
			 Division upon request and shall retain for at least thirty days. If a
			 dispensary facility or producer is aware of a pending criminal, civil or
			 administrative investigation or legal proceeding for which a recording may
			 contain relevant information, the dispensary facility or producer shall retain
			 an unaltered copy of the recording until the investigation or proceeding is
			 closed or the entity conducting the investigation or proceeding notifies the
			 dispensary facility manager or producer that it is not necessary to retain the
			 recording;
(5) A duress alarm,
			 which for purposes of this subsection means a silent security alarm system
			 signal generated by the entry of a designated code into an arming station in
			 order to signal that the alarm user is being forced to turn off the
			 system;
(6) A panic alarm, which
			 for purposes of this subsection means an audible security alarm system signal
			 generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life
			 threatening or emergency situation requiring a law enforcement
			 response;
(7) A holdup alarm, which
			 for purposes of this subsection means a silent alarm signal generated by the
			 manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in
			 progress;
(8) An automatic voice
			 dialer, which for purposes of this subsection means any electrical, electronic,
			 mechanical, or other device capable of being programmed to send a prerecorded
			 voice message, when activated, over a telephone line, radio or other
			 communication system, to a law enforcement, public safety or emergency services
			 agency requesting dispatch;
(9) A
			 failure notification system that provides an audible, text or visual
			 notification of any failure in the surveillance system. The failure
			 notification system shall provide an alert to the dispensary facility or
			 producer within five minutes of the failure, either by telephone, email, or
			 text message;
(10) The ability to
			 immediately produce a clear color still photo that is a minimum of 9600 dpi
			 from any camera image (live or recorded);
(11) A date and time stamp embedded on all
			 recordings. The date and time shall be synchronized and set correctly and shall
			 not significantly obscure the picture; and
(12) The ability to remain operational during
			 a power outage.