The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board of police commissioners, the chief of police, superintendent of police or other authority having charge of a police department may sell by public auction any and all articles found and which have remained in the possession thereof for one year or more. Before such sale, […]
In each city of this state having a population of twenty thousand or more, as shown by the last-preceding United States census, the board of police commissioners or police committee shall appoint a police matron, whose duty it shall be to take charge of all women arrested and held by the police of the city. […]
The board of police commissioners or the police committee in each such city shall assign a certain part of the central police station of the city for female prisoners, which part shall be under the care and control of the police matron, subject to the orders of the chief of police. There shall also be […]
The police matron shall take charge of that part of the station so assigned for female prisoners and keep the same in proper condition; and shall, at all times when there are no female prisoners at the station, be within easy call and attend day or night upon such call. (1949 Rev., S. 670.)
Each police matron shall be (1) a female police officer or (2) a woman at least eighteen years of age. The hiring authority may establish other qualifications for the employment of police matrons and require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications. Such matron shall receive such salary as the common council of the city determines […]
Any city, required by section 7-286 to have a police matron, may provide a separate station for the detention of female prisoners. In any city which has no board of police commissioners or board charged with its general duties, the powers and duties hereby given and assigned to such a board may be exercised and […]
Section 7-291 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 673; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
(a) If a law enforcement unit serves a community with a relatively high concentration of minority residents, the unit shall make efforts to recruit, retain and promote minority police officers so that the racial and ethnic diversity of such unit is representative of such community. Such efforts may include, but are not limited to: (1) […]
Not later than January 1, 2016, each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall develop and implement guidelines for the recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers, as defined in section 7-294a. Such guidelines shall promote achieving the goal of racial, gender, ideological and ethnic diversity within the law enforcement unit and […]
(a) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall hire any person as a police officer, as defined in said section 7-294a, who was previously employed as a police officer by such unit or in any other jurisdiction and who (1) was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such […]
(a)(1) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall discharge, discipline, discriminate against or otherwise penalize a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, who is employed by such law enforcement unit solely because the police officer (A) seeks or receives mental health care services, including such services as a result of a […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Administrative head of each law enforcement unit” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board of police commissioners, the chief of police, superintendent of police or other authority having charge of a law enforcement unit; and (2) “behavioral health assessment” means a behavioral health assessment […]
(a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid policemen as provided in sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section. (b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by ordinance, or shall, upon petition of the electors of such municipality in number not less than five per […]
The work week for all permanent paid members of the uniformed police force for municipalities adopting sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, shall be an average work week of not more than forty hours, computed over a period of one fiscal or calendar year, as the municipality elects; provided, unless otherwise prescribed by regulation or ordinance, […]
There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of any police in municipalities adopting the provisions of sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, nor shall there be any lessening of any of their existing rights and privileges, as the result of the adoption of the work week provided therein. (1951, S. 433d.)
As used in section 7-291e, this section, and sections 7-294b to 7-294e, inclusive: (1) “Academy” means the Connecticut Police Academy; (2) “Applicant” means a prospective police officer who has not commenced employment or service with a law enforcement unit; (3) “Basic training” means the minimum basic law enforcement training received by a police officer at […]
(a) Any sworn police officer employed by the state or a municipality who takes a leave of absence or resigns from such officer's employment on or after September 11, 2001, to volunteer for participation in international peacekeeping operations, is selected for such participation by a company which the United States Department of State has contracted […]
(a) There shall be a Police Officer Standards and Training Council which shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Until December 31, 2020, the council shall consist of the following members appointed by the Governor: (1) A chief administrative officer of a town or city in Connecticut; (2) the chief elected […]
(a) Not later than July 1, 2015, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall develop and implement a written policy concerning the acceptance, processing and investigation of a complaint from a member of the public relating to alleged misconduct committed by law enforcement agency personnel. (b) In developing the written policy, the council shall […]
Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the council shall submit an annual report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety which shall include pertinent data regarding (1) the […]
