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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...
Section 29-2. - Powers of commissioner. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall have...
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...
Section 29-2b. - Imposition of pedestrian citation or traffic ticket quotas prohibited. - The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not...
Section 29-3. - “State policeman” defined. - State policeman” or “state policemen”, wherever used in the general...
Section 29-3a. - Educational qualifications and certification requirements. - After graduation from the State Police Training Academy, and before...
Section 29-3b. - Report on personnel projections for state police force. - Section 29-3b is repealed, effective June 15, 2012. (P.A. 93-348,...
Section 29-4. - State police force. Appointment of officers. Divisions, units and task forces. Personnel actions. Recommended standards re staffing level. - (a) On and after June 15, 2012, and until July...
Section 29-4a. - Death or disability from hypertension or heart disease. Compensation. - Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or...
Section 29-4e. - Collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards. Disclosure of certain disciplinary actions. - No collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award entered into before,...
Section 29-5. - Resident state policemen for towns without police force. Pilot program assignment. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may,...
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...
Section 29-6. - Uniforms and equipment. - The entire state police force shall be uniformed and equipped...
Section 29-6a. - Use of official hat and insignia of state police. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall...
Section 29-6b. - Fire suppression systems for patrol cars. - Each vehicle purchased for use primarily as a patrol car...
Section 29-6c. - Emergency response to repeated false alarms. Definitions. Fines. Appeal. Payment of fine. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Alarm system” means...
Section 29-6d. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Use of body-worn recording equipment. When recording prohibited. Retention of data. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 7-277b: (1)...
Section 29-7. - Powers and duties of force. Barracks. - The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency...
Section 29-7a. - Establishment of sex crimes analysis unit. - Section 29-7a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 75-553,...
Section 29-7b. - Division of Scientific Services. - (a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services...
Section 29-7c. - Legalized gambling investigative unit. - There is established a unit in the Division of State...
Section 29-7d. - Hate Crimes Investigative Unit. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall...
Section 29-7h. - Firearms evidence databank. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Firearms evidence databank”...
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,...
Section 29-7n. - Record and classification of gang-related crimes. - (a) For the purposes of sections 7-294l and 7-294x, subsection...
Section 29-8. - Riots. Immunities. - In case of riot or civil commotion in any part...
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...
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.,...
Section 29-10. - Commissioner may delegate authority. - Any person may, and any policeman, with the consent of...
Section 29-10a. - Use of state police rifle ranges by civilian rifle clubs. - Civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of...
Section 29-10b. - Fees for record searches and copies. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall charge...
Section 29-10c. - Accident records of state police. - Any memorandum, sketch, chart, written statement, report or photograph obtained,...
Section 29-11. - State Police Bureau of Identification. Fees. Agreements re fingerprinting. Regulations. - (a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within...
Section 29-11a. - State police to report arrests to Bureau of Identification. - Any state police officer who makes an arrest of a...
Section 29-12. - Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested persons. Regulations. - (a) All persons arrested for crime as described in section...
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...
Section 29-13. - Notice of judgments. - When the criminal charge against a person who has been...
Section 29-14. - Duties of bureau. - Said bureau shall, on the receipt of any such identification...
Section 29-15. - Return or destruction of fingerprints, photograph and physical description. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...
Section 29-16. - Use of information. - Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g,...
Section 29-17. - Penalty. - Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the...
Section 29-17a. - Criminal history records checks. Procedure. Fees. - (a) If a criminal history records check is required pursuant...
Section 29-17b. - Criminal history records checks of coaches in police-sponsored athletic activities. - The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform...
Section 29-17c. - Collection of fingerprints by municipal police department or Division of State Police. Fees. - (a) No employee of a municipal police department or the...
Section 29-18. - Special policemen for state property. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint...
Section 29-18a. - Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint...
Section 29-18b. - Special policemen for Department of Revenue Services. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may...
Section 29-18c. - Special policemen for Department of Consumer Protection. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint...
Section 29-19. - Special police officers for utility and transportation companies. Special police officer for the Connecticut Airport Authority. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may,...
Section 29-20. - Special policemen for armored cars. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, upon...
Section 29-21. - Special policemen for war industry premises. - Upon the application of any person, firm or corporation engaged...
Section 29-22. - Volunteer police auxiliary force. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized...
Section 29-23. - Emergency service and equipment. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized...
Section 29-23a. - Establishment of rotational system for summoning wreckers. Exemptions. Regulations. - (a) The Division of State Police within the Department of...
Section 29-24. - Disposition of money recovered in case of theft from the person or robbery. - Section 29-24 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3663; P.A. 75-530,...
Section 29-25. - Laundry and dry cleaning identification marks. - Each person, firm or corporation conducting a laundry or dry...
Section 29-26. - Training of municipal police at State Police Training School. - Any municipality or other political subdivision of the state may...
Section 29-27. - “Pistol” and “revolver” defined. - The term “pistol” and the term “revolver”, as used in...
Section 29-28. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Permit for sale at retail of pistol or revolver. Permit to carry pistol or revolver. Confidentiality of name and address of permit holder. Permits for ou... - (a) No person who sells ten or more pistols or...
Section 29-28a. - Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant. - (a) Requests for temporary state permits under section 29-28 shall...
Section 29-29. - Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits. - (a) No temporary state permit for carrying any pistol or...
Section 29-30. - Fees for pistol and revolver permits. Expiration and renewal of permits. - (a) The fee for each permit originally issued under the...
Section 29-31. - Display of permit to sell. Record of sales. - No sale of any pistol or revolver shall be made...
Section 29-32. - Revocation of permit. Notification. Confiscation. Penalty for failure to surrender permit. Reinstatement of permit. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “conviction” means the...
Section 29-32a. - Appeal from refusal or revocation of permit. - Section 29-32a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 263, S. 1; 615,...
Section 29-32b. - Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. Appeals to board. Hearings. - (a) There is established a Board of Firearms Permit Examiners,...
Section 29-33. - Sale, delivery or transfer of pistols and revolvers. Procedure. Penalty. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or...
Section 29-34. - False statement or information in connection with sale or transfer of pistol or revolver prohibited. Sale or transfer to person under twenty-one years of age prohibited. Temporary transfers. Penalties. - (a) No person shall make any false statement or give...
Section 29-35. - Carrying of pistol or revolver without permit prohibited. Exceptions. - (a) No person shall carry any pistol or revolver upon...
Section 29-36. - Alteration of firearm identification mark, serial number or name. - (a) No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate the...
Section 29-36a. - Manufacture of a firearm. Acquisition of unique serial number or other mark of identification. Exceptions. Penalty. - (a) No person shall complete the manufacture of a firearm...
Section 29-36b. - Distribution of unique serial number or other mark of identification for firearms. - Not later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Emergency...
Section 29-36f. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Eligibility certificate for pistol or revolver. - (a) Any person who is twenty-one years of age or...
Section 29-36g. - Application for eligibility certificate. Criminal history records check. Deadline for approval or denial of application. Form of certificate. Change of address. Confidentiality of name and address of certificate holder. Scope of cer... - (a) Requests for eligibility certificates under section 29-36f shall be...
Section 29-36h. - Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate. - (a) The fee for each eligibility certificate for a pistol...
Section 29-36i. - Revocation of eligibility certificate. Reinstatement. - (a) Any eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall...
Section 29-36j. - Purchase or receipt of pistol or revolver without permit or eligibility certificate prohibited. Exceptions. - Section 29-36j is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (July Sp....
Section 29-36k. - Transfer, delivery or surrender of firearms or ammunition by persons ineligible to possess firearms or ammunition. Request for return of firearms or ammunition. Destruction of firearms or ammunition. Penalty. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 29-36l. - Verification of eligibility of persons to receive or possess firearms. State database. Instant criminal background check. Immunity of seller or transferor. Authorization number required. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall...
Section 29-36m. - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt...
Section 29-36n. - Protocol for the transfer, delivery or surrender of pistols, revolvers, other firearms and ammunition. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in...
Section 29-37. - Penalties. - (a) Any person violating any provision of section 29-28 or...
Section 29-37a. - Sale, delivery or transfer of long guns. Procedure. Penalty. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “long gun” means...
Section 29-37b. - Retail dealer to equip pistols and revolvers with gun locking device and provide written warning at time of sale. Penalty. - (a) Each person, firm or corporation which engages in the...
Section 29-37d. - Firearms dealer to install burglar alarm system on premises of its establishment. Exceptions. Civil penalties. Regulations. - (a) On and after July 1, 1993, each business organization...
Section 29-37e. - False statement or information in connection with sale or transfer of firearm other than pistol or revolver prohibited. - (a) No person shall make any false statement or give...
Section 29-37f. - Qualifications of retail store employees who sell firearms. - No person, firm or corporation that engages in the retail...
Section 29-37g. - Gun show requirements. - (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show”...
Section 29-37i. (Formerly Sec. 29-37c). - Responsibilities re storage of firearms. - No person shall store or keep any firearm, as defined...
Section 29-37i. (Formerly Sec. 29-37c). *(See end of section for - Responsibilities re storage of firearms. - No person shall store or keep any firearm, as defined...
Section 29-37j. - Purchase of firearm with intent to transfer to person prohibited from purchasing or receiving a firearm. Assistance from person prohibited from purchasing or receiving a firearm. Penalties. - (a) Any person who purchases a firearm, as defined in...
Section 29-37p. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Long gun eligibility certificate. Disqualifiers. - (a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or...
Section 29-37q. - Long gun eligibility certificate. Application. Form and content. Confidentiality. - (a) Requests for long gun eligibility certificates under section 29-37p...
Section 29-37r. - Long gun eligibility certificate. Fees. Expiration and renewal. - (a) The fee for each long gun eligibility certificate originally...
Section 29-37s. - Long gun eligibility certificate. Revocation. Reinstatement. - (a) A long gun eligibility certificate shall be revoked by...
Section 29-38. - Weapons in vehicles. Penalty. Exceptions. - (a) Any person who knowingly has, in any vehicle owned,...
Section 29-38a. - Out-of-state purchase or acquisition of rifles or shotguns. - Section 29-38a is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1971, P.A....
Section 29-38b. - Determination of commitment or admission status of person who applies for or seeks renewal of firearm permit or certificate. Report on status of application. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in...
Section 29-38c. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Seizure of firearms and ammunition from person posing risk of imminent personal injury to self or others. - (a) Upon complaint on oath by any state's attorney or...
Section 29-38d. - Interstate transportation of firearms through state. - (a) The provisions of sections 29-35 and 29-38 shall not...
Section 29-38e. - State-wide firearms trafficking task force. Composition. Duties. - (a) There shall be within the Division of State Police,...
Section 29-38f. - State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force Policy Board. Composition. Duties. - (a) There shall be a State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force...
Section 29-38g. - Storing or keeping pistol or revolver in unattended motor vehicle. Prohibited. Exceptions. Penalty. - (a)(1) No person shall store or keep any pistol or...
Section 29-38m. - Sale of ammunition or ammunition magazine. - (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 29-38n...
Section 29-38n. - Ammunition certificate. Issuance. Form and content. Confidentiality. - (a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or...
Section 29-38o. - Ammunition certificate. Fees. Expiration and renewal. - (a) The fee for each ammunition certificate originally issued under...
Section 29-38p. - Ammunition certificate. Revocation. Reinstatement. - (a) An ammunition certificate shall be revoked by the Commissioner...