(a) Each applicant for a license as a security service shall post with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection a bond in favor of the state with surety in the amount of ten thousand dollars. No bond shall be accepted for filing unless it is with a surety company authorized to do business in this state and conditioned that the principal named therein shall not do any act meriting suspension or revocation of such principal's license under the provisions of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive. Any person aggrieved by an act of the principal named in such bond in violation of the provisions of this chapter may proceed on such bond against the principal or surety therein, or both, to recover damages.
(b) Prior to being issued a license, an applicant shall provide a copy of a certificate of general liability insurance for not less than three hundred thousand dollars. The licensee shall notify the commissioner, in writing, within thirty days of a change of status in the liability insurance or surety bond required by this section.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 27; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 534 - Private Detectives and Security Services
Section 29-152u. - Definitions.
Section 29-153. - Private detective license required.
Section 29-154. - Qualifications for license. List of employees.
Section 29-154a. - Qualifications for private detective or private detective agency license. Appeal.
Section 29-154b. - Qualifications of corporate stockholders.
Section 29-154c. - Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure.
Section 29-155b. - Issuance of license.
Section 29-155c. - License fees.
Section 29-155d. - Display of license.
Section 29-156. - Licensee's identification card.
Section 29-156a. - Employment of private investigators. Registration. Fee. Penalty.
Section 29-156b. - Identification card for private investigators.
Section 29-156c. - Uniformed employee's insignia.
Section 29-156d. - Private detective prohibited from using badge or shield.
Section 29-156e. - Branch or suboffices.
Section 29-156f. - Permit to carry firearms.
Section 29-156g. - Use of information.
Section 29-156h. - Nonuniformed guard services by private detectives or private detective agencies.
Section 29-157. - Association with government not to be implied in name.
Section 29-158. - License or registration suspension or revocation. Appeal.
Section 29-159. - Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies.
Section 29-160. - Exemption of credit rating agencies.
Section 29-161. - Penalties. Regulations.
Section 29-161f. - Operation on state waters. Notice of intent. Hearing. Vote. Definition.
Section 29-161g. - Security service license required.
Section 29-161h. - Qualifications for security service license. Appeal.
Section 29-161i. - Qualifications of corporate stockholders.
Section 29-161j. - Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure.
Section 29-161m. - Issuance of security service license. Inspection or copying of documents.
Section 29-161n. - License fees.
Section 29-161o. - Display of license.
Section 29-161p. - Licensee's identification card.
Section 29-161r. - Nonuniformed security officers' identification card.
Section 29-161s. - Uniformed employee's insignia.
Section 29-161t. - Branches and suboffices.
Section 29-161u. - Investigation of offenses on property guarded by security services.
Section 29-161v. - License or instructor approval suspension or revocation. Appeal.
Section 29-161w. - Annual list of security services and security officers.