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Section 7-274. - Establishment by ordinance of town police commissions; adoption by ordinance of special act provisions when police commission established thereby. - (a) Any town may, by ordinance, establish a board of...
Section 7-275. - Meetings of commissioners. Vacancies. - The board of police commissioners shall elect one of its...
Section 7-276. - Powers of commissioners. - Such boards shall have all of the powers given by...
Section 7-277. - Town to bear expense. - The expenses, salaries and all costs of maintenance and equipment...
Section 7-277a. - Police assistance agreements. - (a) The chief executive officer of any municipality, or such...
Section 7-277b. - Reimbursement for body-worn or electronic defense weapon recording equipment, data storage devices or services and dashboard cameras with a remote recorder. - (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available...
Section 7-277c. - Grants to municipalities for purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage devices or services and dashboard cameras with a remote recorder. - (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, within available...
Section 7-278. - Hearing prior to dismissal of municipal police head. Just cause requirement. Appeal. - No active head of any police department of any town,...
Section 7-279. - Subpoena to appear before municipal police commissioners. - The chief executive officer of any municipality, the clerk of...
Section 7-280. - Witness fees. - The same fees as provided by law for witnesses in...
Section 7-281. - Execution of criminal process in towns, cities and boroughs. Execution of arrest warrants. - Active members of any legally organized police force in a...
Section 7-281a. - Free use of COLLECT system. - Each municipal police department shall have access to, and use...
Section 7-282. - Municipal accident and police records. - The police department of any city, town or borough having...
Section 7-282a. - Reporting of bomb incidents. - Section 7-282a is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A. 76-89;...
Section 7-282b. - Automatic telephone alarms. - No person shall install or connect any telephone device in...
Section 7-282c. - Filing and dissemination of reports re missing children, missing youths and certain missing persons. - Any municipal police department which receives a report of a...
Section 7-282d. - Imposition of pedestrian citation or traffic ticket quotas prohibited. - No municipal police department may impose any quota with respect...
Section 7-282e. - Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Records of incidents of use of physical force, discharge of a firearm or engagement of a pursuit. Review and reporting of use o... - (a)(1) Any police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, who...
Section 7-283. - Employment of private detectives. - No municipal corporation shall employ private detectives in the investigation...
Section 7-284. - Police protection at places of amusement. - When police protection is necessary or required at any boxing...
Section 7-285. - Sale of unclaimed goods by police departments. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board...
Section 7-286. - Police matrons in certain cities. - In each city of this state having a population of...
Section 7-287. - Female prisoners under care of police matron. - The board of police commissioners or the police committee in...
Section 7-288. - Duty of police matron. - The police matron shall take charge of that part of...
Section 7-289. - Qualifications of matron; salary; removal. - Each police matron shall be (1) a female police officer...
Section 7-290. - Separate station for female prisoners. - Any city, required by section 7-286 to have a police...
Section 7-291. - Police surgeons. - Section 7-291 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 673; P.A. 82-327,...
Section 7-291a. - Efforts re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers. Annual report. - (a) If a law enforcement unit serves a community with...
Section 7-291b. - Guidelines re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers. - Not later than January 1, 2016, each law enforcement unit,...
Section 7-291c. - Prohibition against hiring police officer dismissed for malfeasance or who resigned or retired while under investigation. - (a) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a,...
Section 7-291d. - Employment protection of police officer who seeks or receives mental health care services. Return to duty. Law enforcement unit liability. - (a)(1) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a,...
Section 7-291e. - Requirements re provision of behavioral health assessments to police officers. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Administrative head of...
Section 7-292. - Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen. - (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an average work...
Section 7-293. - Work week. - The work week for all permanent paid members of the...
Section 7-294. - Earnings not affected. - There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of...
Section 7-294a. - Police Officer Standards and Training Council: Definitions. - As used in section 7-291e, this section, and sections 7-294b...
Section 7-294aa. - Reinstatement of state or municipal police officers upon return from participation in international peacekeeping operations. - (a) Any sworn police officer employed by the state or...
Section 7-294b. - Members of council. Holding of other office. - (a) There shall be a Police Officer Standards and Training...
Section 7-294bb. - State and local police policy concerning complaints from the public alleging misconduct committed by law enforcement personnel. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2015, the Police Officer...
Section 7-294c. - Submission of annual report by council to Governor and General Assembly. - Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 7-294cc. - Development and promulgation of policy and form re police use of electronic defense weapons. - Not later than January 1, 2015, the Police Officer Standards...
Section 7-294d. - Powers of council. Certification of police officers, police training schools and law enforcement instructors. Refusal to renew, suspension, cancellation or revocation of certification. Hearing. Automatic certification. Exemptions. W... - (a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall have...
Section 7-294dd. - Reimbursement for cost of police officer certification. - (a) For purposes of this section, “police officer”, “certification” and...
Section 7-294e. - Recertification of police officers. Regulations. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or special...
Section 7-294ee. - Minimum standards and practices for the administration, management and operation of law enforcement units. Unit state-accreditation tier certification or accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies... - (a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established under...
Section 7-294f. - State and local police training programs to include course on sexual assault investigation and rape crisis intervention. - Each police basic training program conducted or administered by the...
Section 7-294ff. - Development of model critical incident and peer support policy. Policy adoption. Provision of peer support and mental health referral services. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Police Officer...
Section 7-294g. - State and local police training programs to provide training re domestic violence, child abuse, and suicide intervention procedures. - (a) Each police basic or review training program conducted or...
Section 7-294gg. - State and local police training programs to provide training on resilience and self-care techniques. - Each police basic training program conducted or administered by the...
Section 7-294h. - State and local police training programs to provide training on the handling of juvenile matters and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment or nonverbal learning disorder. - On and after January 1, 2017: (1) Each police basic...
Section 7-294hh. - State and local police policy concerning crowd management. Regulations. Training. - (a) As used in this section, “police officer” has the...
Section 7-294ii. - Requirements re police officer affixing and displaying badge and name tag on uniform. Development and promulgation of model policy. - (a) Except as specified in the model policy adopted and...
Section 7-294jj. - Acquisition and inventory of military designed equipment by state and municipal police. Order to sell, transfer or dispose of by office of the Governor and Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Reconsideration o... - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Law enforcement agency”...
Section 7-294kk. - Determination of number of drug recognition experts. Development of model policy. Policy adoption. Drug recognition expert and advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each law enforcement...
Section 7-294l. - State and local police training programs to provide training on gang-related violence. - Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered...
Section 7-294ll. - Issuance of guidance to police re determination of whether a person is in possession of cannabis in excess of legal limit. - Not later than January 1, 2022, the Police Officer Standards...
Section 7-294m. (Formerly Sec. 7-294j). - Instruction re new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers. - (1) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under...
Section 7-294mm. - Timely notification by a peace officer of a death. - (a) If a peace officer who is a sworn member...
Section 7-294n. - State and local police training programs to provide training on crimes motivated by bigotry or bias. - Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered...
Section 7-294nn. - Law enforcement unit policy permitting police officers to wear religious head coverings. - (a) As used in this section, “law enforcement unit” and...
Section 7-294o. - Development and implementation of policy re missing person reports. Training. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Police Officer...
Section 7-294p. - Connecticut Police Academy. Maintenance and operation. Municipal police officer training and education extension account. - (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall,...
Section 7-294q. - State and local police training programs to provide training on eyewitness identification procedures. - Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered...
Section 7-294r. - (Note: This section is repealed, effective October 1, 2023.) State and local police training programs to provide training on handling incidents involving individuals affected with serious mental illness. - On and after October 1, 2014, (1) each police basic...
Section 7-294s. - State and local police training programs to provide training in the use of physical force and body-worn recording equipment and cultural competency and sensitivity training. - Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered...
Section 7-294t. - Eyewitness Identification and Emerging Technologies Task Force. - (a) There is established an Eyewitness Identification and Emerging Technologies...
Section 7-294u. - State and local police training re use of opioid antagonist. Maintaining supply of and carrying opioid antagonists. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “law enforcement unit”...
Section 7-294v. - State and local police training programs to provide training on interactions with persons who have mental or physical disabilities and persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the Police Officer...
Section 7-294w. - State and local police training programs to include traffic incident management. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Police Officer...
Section 7-294x. - Council to provide training to public school security personnel. - The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section...
Section 7-294y. (Formerly Sec. 7-294i). - State and local police policy on the handling and processing of juvenile matters. - Not later than July 1, 1990, the Division of State...
Section 7-294z. (Formerly Sec. 7-294k). - Use of radar devices by state and municipal police officers. - (a) On and after July 1, 1992, no hand-held radar...
Section 7-294aaa. - Establishment of civilian police review boards. - (a) The legislative body of a town may, by ordinance,...
Section 7-295. - Acceptance of part. - The provisions of this part shall apply to any municipality...
Section 7-296. - Reserve fund of police department. - There shall be in each city a fund to be...
Section 7-297. - Veteran reserve; retirement; death benefits. - In addition to the supernumerary and regular police force in...
Section 7-298. - Removal of policemen not restricted. - Nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting the...
Section 7-299. - City ordinances. - Each city shall have authority, by ordinance, to make regulations,...
Section 7-300. - Establishment of funds in towns and boroughs. - In any town or borough which has established a police...
Section 7-301. - Establishment of fire department. - Any town may provide by ordinance for the protection of...
Section 7-302. - Hearing prior to dismissal of fire department head. Appeal. - No active head of any fire department of any town,...
Section 7-303. - “Municipality”, “work” and “duty” defined. - The following words as used in sections 7-303 to 7-306,...
Section 7-304. - Participation of municipalities. - (a) Any municipality may by ordinance adopt an average work...
Section 7-305. - Work week. - The work week for all permanent paid members of the...
Section 7-306. - Earnings. - There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of...
Section 7-307. - Age requirement for veterans. - Section 7-307 is repealed. (1949, S. 430d; 1957, P.A. 163,...
Section 7-308. - Liability of volunteer firefighter, volunteer ambulance member or volunteer fire police officer. - (a) As used in this section, “municipality” has the same...
Section 7-309. - Liability for damage caused by motor vehicle used for fire fighting. - Section 7-309 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 680; 1959, P.A....
Section 7-310. - Operation of fire equipment in and provision of personnel and assistance to other municipality. - Any city, town, borough, fire district, independent fire department or...
Section 7-310a. - Municipal and volunteer fire department fire apparatus inspection, maintenance and testing requirements. - Each municipal and volunteer fire department shall maintain (1) the...
Section 7-311. - Liability for delay in reporting fire or other emergency. - No person, corporation, partnership or association which is authorized by...
Section 7-312. - Liability as to use of water holes. - Any municipality, as defined in section 7-314, or any property...
Section 7-313. - Fire police. - Section 7-313 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 666; 1963, P.A....
Section 7-313a. - Fire police. - The authorities having the supervision of the fire department of...
Section 7-313b. - Authority of fire department officer to order removal of persons. - Section 7-313b is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1961, P.A....
Section 7-313c. - Indemnification for educational expenses. - (a) Any town, city or borough subject to the approval...
Section 7-313d. - Local fire department's authority to inspect state facilities. - Each local fire department or company shall have the authority...
Section 7-313e. - Authority of fire officer during emergency. - Notwithstanding any provision in the general statutes or a municipal...
Section 7-313f. - Authority of fire chiefs at certain state facilities. - Notwithstanding section 7-313e or any other provision of the general...
Section 7-313g. - “Firefighter” defined. - For purposes of this section and sections 3-123, 7-313h to...
Section 7-313h. - Firefighters cancer relief account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 7-313i. - Firefighters cancer relief subcommittee established. Determination and remittance of wage replacement benefits. - (a) There is established a firefighters cancer relief subcommittee of...
Section 7-313j. - Firefighters cancer relief program established. - (a) There is established a firefighters cancer relief program, the...
Section 7-313k. - Annual report re firefighters cancer relief account and firefighters cancer relief program. - Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 7-313l. - Firefighter training on resilience and self-care techniques. - In consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction...
Section 7-313m. - Grants to distressed municipalities for volunteer firefighter training. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter,...
Section 7-313n. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2024.) Firefighters cancer relief account. Municipal contributions. - (a) Each municipality within the state shall annually contribute, not...
Section 7-313o. - Firefighter turnout gear. Maintenance and remediation of toxic substances. - (a) The Joint Council of Connecticut Fire Service Organizations, in...
Section 7-314. - Definitions. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act. - (a) Wherever used in this section and sections 7-314a and...
Section 7-314a. - Death, disability and injury benefits. Presumption. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of...
Section 7-314b. - Collection of workers' compensation benefits by volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services. - (a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company or...
Section 7-314c. - Assumption of liability by the state for volunteer firefighters. - The liability of a municipality shall not be affected by...
Section 7-315 to 7-322. - Death benefits; payments for injuries, for treatment of injuries and occupational disease and for total disability; insurance to provide payments; notice of claim; investigation of claim; benefits exempt from attachment. - Sections 7-315 to 7-322, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 7-322a. - Benefits for volunteers rendering service to another fire company. - Any active member of a volunteer fire company who offers...
Section 7-322b. - Volunteers serving in municipality where employed. Fire and ambulance leaves. Enactment by municipality. List of participating members. Benefits. - (a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company, as...
Section 7-322c. - Employers prohibited from discharging or discriminating against employees who are volunteer firefighters or members of volunteer ambulance services due to volunteer service. Remedies. - (a) No employer shall discharge, or cause to be discharged,...
Section 7-322d. - Election of officers. Ballots exempt from Freedom of Information Act. - Nothing in chapter 14 shall be construed to require the...
Section 7-323. - Application of part. - Section 7-323 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 919; 1967, P.A....
Section 7-323a. - Definitions. - As used in this part: “Municipality” and “legislative body” shall...
Section 7-323b. - Acceptance of part. - Any municipality may, by ordinance, accept the provisions of this...
Section 7-323c. - Benefit fund established. - There is established a fund which shall be known as...
Section 7-323d. - Actuarial studies of fund experience. - The Retirement Commission shall make a complete actuarial study of...
Section 7-323e. - Benefits. - (a) When any full-time paid police officer or firefighter who...
Section 7-323f. - Insurance policies to provide benefits authorized. - (a) All contributions received by the Retirement Commission in accordance...
Section 7-323g. - Withdrawal of acceptance. - A municipality may withdraw its acceptance of the provisions of...
Section 7-323h. - Municipal liability for maintaining benefits. - Each municipality participating in the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit...
Section 7-323i. - Administration of fund. - The administration of said fund, except as the same relates...
Section 7-323j. - Definitions. - As used in this part, “commission” means the Commission on...
Section 7-323k. - Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. - (a) There is established a Commission on Fire Prevention and...
Section 7-323l. - Duties of Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. Regulations. - (a) The commission shall: (1) Recommend minimum standards of education...
Section 7-323m. - Exceptions, voluntary cooperation. - This part shall not apply to any municipality which employs...
Section 7-323n. - Office of State Fire Administration. - There is established an Office of State Fire Administration, which...
Section 7-323o. - State Fire Administrator, appointment and duties. - There is established the position of State Fire Administrator who...
Section 7-323p. - State fire school. Training and education extension account. Auxiliary services account. - (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall...
Section 7-323q. - Indemnification of fire service instructors. - The state shall save harmless and indemnify any person certified...
Section 7-323r. - Supplemental grant award remittance program for volunteer fire companies providing services on limited access highways or on the Berlin Turnpike or a section of Route 8. - Section 7-323r is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (June Sp....
Section 7-323s. - Model guidelines re municipal emergency personnel. Municipal agreements re volunteer service of paid emergency personnel. - (a) The State Fire Administrator, within available appropriations, shall develop...
Section 7-323t. - Municipal contracts prohibiting paid emergency personnel from volunteer service. - On and after June 5, 2008, no municipality shall enter...
Section 7-323u. - Regional fire school. Notice and hearing. Appeals. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in...
Section 7-323v. - Payments to volunteer fire companies for providing services on limited access highways or on sections of the Berlin Turnpike or Route 8. - (a) The State Fire Administrator shall, within available appropriations, pay...