(a) There is established, within available resources, a Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the Office of Policy and Management with respect to the adoption of standardized methods and guidelines pursuant to section 54-1m. The board shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only.
(b) The board shall include the following members:
(1) The Chief State's Attorney, or a designee;
(2) The Chief Public Defender, or a designee;
(3) The president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, or a designee;
(4) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or a designee;
(5) Two members of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, designated by the executive director;
(6) The executive director of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or a designee;
(7) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or a designee;
(8) The Commissioner of Transportation, or a designee;
(9) The director of the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut, or a designee; and
(10) Such other members as the board may prescribe.
(c) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary shall select two chairpersons of the board from among the members of the board.
(P.A. 12-74, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 169; P.A. 19-117, S. 142; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 12-74 effective June 6, 2012; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “African-American Affairs Commission” with “Commission on Equity and Opportunity” in Subdiv. (4), replacing reference to executive director of Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission or designee with reference to two members of Commission on Equity and Opportunity designated by the executive director in Subdiv. (5), deleting former Subdiv. (6) re executive director of Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission or designee and redesignating existing Subdivs. (7) to (11) as Subdivs. (6) to (10), effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Commission on Equity and Opportunity” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity” in Subdivs. (4) and (5), effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b)(9) by replacing “Central Connecticut State University” with “The University of Connecticut”.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 959 - Court Jurisdiction and Power
Section 54-1 and 54-1a. - Criminal jurisdiction of trial justices; of Court of Common Pleas.
Section 54-1b. - Arraignment of prisoner. Advice as to rights.
Section 54-1c. - Admissibility of confession.
Section 54-1f. (Formerly Sec. 6-49). - Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts.
Section 54-1l. - Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
Section 54-1n. - Complaint by victim of identity theft. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities.
Section 54-1o. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations.
Section 54-1p. - Eyewitness identification procedures.
Section 54-1s. - Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board. Membership. Duties.
Section 54-2. - Conviction and binding over by trial justice.
Section 54-2c. - Traffic violator need not appear in court, when. Schedule of fines established.
Section 54-2e. - Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias for failure to appear.
Section 54-25 and 54-26. - Release on recognizance. Witnesses in courts of other states.
Section 54-33. - Search warrants for gambling and lottery implements.
Section 54-33b. - Search of person.
Section 54-33c. - Warrant application, affidavits, execution and return. Copies. Orders.
Section 54-33d. - Interference with search.
Section 54-33e. - Destruction of property.
Section 54-33f. - Motion for return of unlawfully seized property and suppression as evidence.
Section 54-33i. - “Journalist”, “news organization” and “news” defined.
Section 54-33j. - Issuance of search warrant for property of journalist or news organization.
Section 54-33k. - “Strip search” defined.
Section 54-33l. - Strip searches. Procedure.
Section 54-33m. - Failure to wear seat belt not probable cause for vehicle search.
Section 54-33n. - Search of school lockers and property.
Section 54-33o. - Search of vehicle stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation.
Section 54-33p. - Restrictions on cannabis-related stop or search of a person or motor vehicle.
Section 54-34 and 54-35. - Search of person. Condemnation of gambling implements, notice.
Section 54-36. - Disposition of property held as evidence.
Section 54-36b. - Examiner of seized property, appointment, duties.
Section 54-36c. - Disposition of seized property on order of the examiner of seized property.
Section 54-36e. - Firearms and ammunition to be turned over to state police. Sale at public auction.
Section 54-36f. - Receipt for seized property to be given by law enforcement officials.
Section 54-36i. - Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys.
Section 54-36n. - Identification and tracing of seized and recovered firearms and ammunition.