Table of Contents Sec. 29-153. Private detectives and watchman, guard and patrol services, license required. No person shall engage in the business of, or solicit business as a private
detective or investigator or as a watchman, guard or patrol service or represent himself
to be, hold himself out as or advertise as a private detective or investigator or as furnishing
detective or investigating services or as a watchman, guard or patrol service without
first obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Public Safety. Sec. 29-154. Qualifications for license. List of employees. Section 29-154 is repealed. Sec. 29-154a. Qualifications for license. The commissioner may grant a private
detective or investigator's license or a watchman, guard or patrol service license to any
suitable person, or to any corporation, association or partnership subject to the following
qualifications: Sec. 29-154b. Qualifications of corporate stockholders. The license of a corporation may be denied by the commissioner, or suspended or revoked, if it shall appear
that ten per cent or more of the stock of such corporation is held by a person who cannot
meet the character standards required of an applicant. Sec. 29-154c. Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure. No
member of the state, or any town, city or borough, police force or any other person
vested with police powers shall be eligible for a license under the provisions of this
chapter. If the applicant is a corporation, association or partnership, no person comprising the corporation, association or partnership may be such a member or person. Sec. 29-155. Form of application for license. Fingerprints. Photographs.
Trade name. (a) Application for a license as a private detective or investigator or as a
watchman, guard or patrol service, shall be made in writing, under oath, on a form to
be furnished by the commissioner. The application shall state the applicant's full name,
age, date and place of birth, residences and employment within the past five years and
his present occupation with the names and addresses of employers, the date and place
of conviction of any crime and such additional information as the commissioner requires
to investigate the qualification, character, competency and integrity of the applicant. If
the applicant is an association, corporation or partnership, similar information shall
be required of each individual composing or intending to compose such association,
corporation or partnership. Sec. 29-155a. Applicant to post bond. Each applicant for a license as a private
detective or as a private detective agency, and each applicant for a license as a security
service or a security agency shall post with the commissioner 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 his license under the provisions of this chapter. 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. Sec. 29-155b. Issuance of license. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, of
the good character, competency and integrity of an applicant, or, if the applicant is an
association or partnership, of the individual members thereof, or if a corporation, of all
officers and directors thereof, the commissioner may grant a license to conduct such
private detective business or watchman, guard or patrol agency and to maintain a bureau,
agency, subagency, office or branch office for the conduct of such business on the
premises stated in such application. The license for an individual private detective or
investigator shall be as a private detective, and, the license for a corporation, association
or partnership shall be as a private detective agency. The license for an individual conducting a watchman, guard or patrol service shall be as a security service, and, if for a
corporation, association or partnership, shall be as a security agency. Such license shall
be for one year and application for renewal shall be on a form furnished by the commissioner. Sec. 29-155c. License fees. The fee for an individual private detective or security
service shall, for an original license, be six hundred dollars and for renewal of any such
license four hundred fifty dollars per year. The fee for a private detective agency or
security agency shall, for an original license, be seven hundred fifty dollars and for
renewal thereof six hundred dollars per year. The fee for a combination private detective
and security service license shall be six hundred dollars, and for renewal of any such
license three hundred dollars per year, and for a combination detective agency and
security agency license seven hundred fifty dollars per year, and for renewal of any such
license four hundred fifty dollars per year. If a licensee fails to apply for renewal of any
license within six months after the expiration thereof, he shall pay for renewal thereof
the fee provided for an original license. Sec. 29-155d. Display of license. Immediately upon the receipt of a license certificate issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to this chapter, the licensee
shall post and at all times display such license in a conspicuous place at his place of
business. A copy or duplicate of the license certificate shall be conspicuously posted at
each branch or suboffice. Sec. 29-156. Licensee's identification card. Upon the issuance of a license as
provided in this chapter, the commissioner shall issue to each licensee and, in the case
of a corporation, association or partnership, each officer or member thereof, a pocket
identification card, of such size and design as the commissioner may prescribe, which
card shall contain a photograph and fingerprint of the person to whom issued, the name
and business address of the licensee, the license number and date of its expiration and
the imprint or impress of the seal of the state of Connecticut. Such card shall be carried
upon the person to whom issued at all times when engaged in the activities of his business,
which card shall be evidence of due authorization pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
All persons to whom such identification cards have been issued shall be responsible for
the safe keeping of the same and shall not lend, enable, let or allow any other person to
have, hold, possess or display such identification card, and no person shall possess, hold
or display any identification card or facsimile thereof, which is not duly authorized and
issued by the commissioner pursuant to the foregoing provisions. Sec. 29-156a. Qualifications of employees. Registration. Fee. (a) Any licensee
may employ as many agents, operators, assistants, guards, watchmen or patrolmen as
he deems necessary for the conduct of his business, provided such employees shall be
of good moral character and at least eighteen years of age. Sec. 29-156b. Nonuniformed employee's identification card. The licensee of a
private detective business shall issue to each of his investigators, operators or agents,
and the licensee of a watchman, guard or patrol service shall issue to each of his nonuniformed agents, an identification card, of such size, color and design as the commissioner
may prescribe, which card shall contain the name, photograph and index fingerprint of
the employee, the name and business address of the licensee, the license number and
expiration date, and the certification that the named employee is employed as an investigator or agent of the licensee. Such card shall be carried by the employee at all times
when engaged in the activities of his employer. No person shall hold, possess or show
an employee identification card not authorized and issued to him by a licensed employer,
or possess such card after termination of his employment with the issuing licensee. Sec. 29-156c. Uniformed employee's insignia. The licensee of a watchman,
guard or patrol service shall issue to each of his uniformed employees a metal or woven
insignia of a design approved by the commissioner, with an inscription thereon containing the word "watchman", "guard" or "patrol", the name of the licensee and an
identification number. Such insignia or device shall be conspicuously worn at all times
by the employee when in uniform and acting in the service of the licensee, and the
commissioner may prescribe the manner of displaying such insignia. "Uniform" means
any manner or type of dress of a particular style and distinctive appearance as distinguished from clothing usually worn by the public. Sec. 29-156d. Private detective or investigator prohibited from using badge
or shield. No private detective or investigator licensed under the provision of this chapter, or officer, director, employee, operator or agent of such licensee, or any other person
shall wear, carry, accept or show any badge or shield of any description, purporting to
indicate that such person is a private detective or investigator or connected with the
private detective business. Sec. 29-156e. Branch or suboffices. Any licensee may operate as many branch
or suboffices as he deems necessary to conduct his business properly. He shall advise
the commissioner, in writing, of the location of each branch or suboffice, giving the
town or city, street, number and telephone number and the name of the manager of such
branch or suboffice. Sec. 29-156f. Permit to carry firearms. Section 29-156f is repealed. Sec. 29-156g. Use of information. No person who is or has been an employee of
a licensed private detective or investigator shall divulge any information to anyone other
than his employer, or as his employer may direct, except as may be required by law and
including a hearing before the commissioner, in respect to any of the work to which he
shall have been assigned by such employer or any other information relating to the
business of his employer gained during such employment or association. Sec. 29-156h. Nonuniformed guard services by detective agencies. Investigation of offenses on guarded property. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a private
detective or private detective agency from providing nonuniformed guard services for
private property or persons in the normal course of their business, or a security service
or agency from performing the investigation of offenses upon property they are employed to service. Sec. 29-157. Association with government not to be implied in name. Section
29-157 is repealed. Sec. 29-158. License suspension or revocation. Appeal. Any license may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner, provided notice shall have been given to the
licensee to appear before the commissioner to show cause why the license should not
be suspended or revoked, upon a finding by the commissioner that: (1) The licensee has
violated any of the terms or provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, or any
of the regulations promulgated thereunder; (2) the licensee has practiced fraud, deceit
or misrepresentation; (3) the licensee has made a material misstatement in the application
for issuance or renewal of his license; (4) the licensee has demonstrated incompetence
or untrustworthiness in the conduct of his business; (5) the licensee has been convicted
of a felony or other crime affecting his honesty, integrity or moral fitness. Any party
aggrieved by an order of the commissioner hereunder may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the
judicial district of New Britain. Sec. 29-159. Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies. The commissioner shall annually prepare and publish a list of licensed private detectives and
private detective agencies and security services and security agencies and distribute
copies of such list to the chiefs of police in Connecticut and to the clerks' offices of the
Superior Court of the state and to any licensee upon request. Sec. 29-160. Exemption of credit rating agencies. Section 29-160 is repealed. Sec. 29-161. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 29-153
to 29-161, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than one year or both. Sec. 29-161a. Registration of security personnel carrying firearms. Qualifications. Penalty. (a) Any person, firm or corporation may employ as many guards, watchmen, patrolmen or security personnel carrying firearms as it deems necessary for the
conduct of its business, provided such employees shall be of good moral character and
at least eighteen years of age. Each person, firm or corporation shall make application
to register such personnel employed on and after October 1, 1983, with the Commissioner of Public Safety immediately upon their hiring. A person, firm or corporation
currently employing such personnel shall make application to register such employees
within ninety days of October 1, 1983. Application for registration shall be made in the
same manner as is provided in section 29-156a and applicants shall meet the requirements specified in said section. Sec. 29-161b. Guards and security personnel to obtain permit to carry firearms. Firearm safety course. Regulations. Application. Penalty. Appeal. (a) No
employee of a licensed watchman, guard or patrol service and no employee of a firm
or corporation hired to perform watchman, guard or security services may carry a pistol,
revolver or other firearm while on duty or directly en route to or from such employment
unless he obtains a special permit from the Commissioner of Public Safety in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. No licensed watchman, guard or
patrol service and no firm or corporation may permit any employee to carry a pistol,
revolver or other firearm while on duty or directly en route to or from such employment
unless it obtains proof that such employee has obtained such permit from the commissioner. The permit required under this section shall be in addition to the permit requirement imposed under section 29-28.
Sec. 29-153. Private detectives and watchman, guard and patrol services, license required.
Sec. 29-154. Qualifications for license. List of employees.
Sec. 29-154a. Qualifications for license.
Sec. 29-154b. Qualifications of corporate stockholders.
Sec. 29-154c. Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure.
Sec. 29-155. Form of application for license. Fingerprints. Photographs. Trade name.
Sec. 29-155a. Applicant to post bond.
Sec. 29-155b. Issuance of license.
Sec. 29-155c. License fees.
Sec. 29-155d. Display of license.
Sec. 29-156. Licensee's identification card.
Sec. 29-156a. Qualifications of employees. Registration. Fee.
Sec. 29-156b. Nonuniformed employee's identification card.
Sec. 29-156c. Uniformed employee's insignia.
Sec. 29-156d. Private detective or investigator prohibited from using badge or shield.
Sec. 29-156e. Branch or suboffices.
Sec. 29-156f. Permit to carry firearms.
Sec. 29-156g. Use of information.
Sec. 29-156h. Nonuniformed guard services by detective agencies. Investigation of offenses on guarded property.
Sec. 29-157. Association with government not to be implied in name.
Sec. 29-158. License suspension or revocation. Appeal.
Sec. 29-159. Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies.
Sec. 29-160. Exemption of credit rating agencies.
Sec. 29-161. Penalty.
Sec. 29-161a. Registration of security personnel carrying firearms. Qualifications.
Penalty.
Sec. 29-161b. Guards and security personnel to obtain permit to carry firearms. Firearm
safety course. Regulations. Application. Penalty. Appeal.
Sec. 29-161c. Written notice of assignments of guards or security personnel carrying
firearms to law enforcement agencies.
(1949 Rev., S. 3737; 1953, S. 2021d; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)
History: 1969 act extended applicability of provisions to include engaging in business as and soliciting business as
watchman, guard or patrol service and deleted provision re license fees for private detectives and private detective agencies;
P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.
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(1949 Rev., S. 3738; 1957, P.A. 149, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 128; February, 1965, P.A. 538; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)
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(1) Private detective or investigator: The applicant for a private detective or investigator's license shall be not less than twenty-five years of age and of good moral character
and shall have had at least five years' experience as a full-time investigator either in
the employment of a licensed private detective or investigator or with a United States
government investigative service, a state or organized municipal fire or police department or the Division of Public Defender Services or shall have had at least ten years'
experience as a police officer with a state or organized municipal police department.
Employment as a watchman, guard or private patrolman shall not be considered as
employment as an investigator. If the applicant is a corporation, association or partnership, the person filing the application in behalf of such corporation, association or partnership shall meet the qualifications set out herein for an individual applicant, and shall
be an officer of such corporation or member of such association or partnership. If the
commissioner grants a private detective or investigator's license to an applicant based
on such applicant's experience as an investigator with an organized municipal fire department, such license shall restrict such licensee to performing the same type of investigations as he performed for the municipal fire department.
(2) Watchman, guard or patrol service: The applicant for a license as a watchman,
guard or patrol service shall be not less than twenty-five years of age and of good moral
character and shall have had at least five years' experience as a supervisor or administrator in industrial security or in the employment of a private guard, watchman or patrol
service or with a federal security agency or a state or organized municipal police department. If the applicant is a corporation, association or partnership, the person making
the application shall be an officer of the corporation or a member of the association or
partnership, and meet the foregoing qualifications.
(3) The commissioner may, at his discretion, substitute up to one year of experience
for either a private detective or investigator or a watchman, guard or patrol service
applicant upon proof of satisfactory participation in a course of instruction pertinent to
the license applied for.
(4) No license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony or
an offense involving moral turpitude, or has been discharged from military service under
other than honorable conditions.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 5; P.A. 81-253, S. 2; 81-472, S. 153, 159; P.A. 87-560, S. 3; P.A. 94-48.)
History: P.A. 81-253 eliminated the citizenship requirement for issuance of license; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes;
P.A. 87-560 amended Subdiv. (1) to permit a person with a minimum of five years' experience as a full-time investigator
in an organized municipal fire department to apply for a private detective or investigator's license and specified restrictions
on such licensee; P.A. 94-48 amended Subdiv. (1) to permit a person with a minimum of five years' experience as a full-
time investigator with the division of public defender services and a person with a minimum of ten years' experience as
a police officer with a state or organized municipal police department to apply for a private detective or investigator's
license, and made technical changes to Subdivs. (2) and (3).
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 3.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 6.)
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(b) Each applicant and, in the case of an association, corporation or partnership,
each individual composing such association, corporation or partnership, shall submit
with the application two complete sets of fingerprints on forms specified and furnished
by the commissioner and two photographs, two inches wide by three inches high, taken
within six months prior to the application.
(c) The application shall state the trade name or proposed trade name to be used by
the applicant and the location of the principal place of business and the location of each
office and branch office. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall give the
name of the corporation, if different from the proposed trade name, and the date and
place of incorporation. Any trade name or proposed trade name shall require the approval
of the commissioner. No trade name or designation shall be used which implies any
association with any municipal, county or state government or the federal government,
or any agency thereof. No licensee shall use any advertisement, seal or card, or any
other media which may tend to mislead the public.
(d) The application shall contain such additional information and documentation
as the commissioner may require by regulation.
(1949 Rev., S. 3739; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act expanded license application requirements, adding Subsecs. (b) to (d) and rephrasing Subsec. (a).
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 4.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 7.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 8; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 95; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 25; P.A. 80-297, S. 18, 20; P.A. 89-251, S. 161, 203.)
History: 1971 act increased renewal fee for license as individual private detective or security service from two hundred
to two hundred fifty dollars per year and made provision for renewal fees for combination licenses; 1972 act made technical
correction; P.A. 80-297 raised license fees for: (1) Individual private detective or security service: Initial fee from three
hundred to four hundred dollars, renewal from two hundred fifty to three hundred dollars, (2) private detective agency or
security agency: Initial fee from four hundred to five hundred dollars, renewal from three hundred to four hundred dollars,
(3) combination private detective and security service: Initial, from three hundred to four hundred dollars, renewal from
one hundred fifty to two hundred dollars, (4) combination detective agency and security agency: Initial from four hundred
to five hundred dollars, renewal from two hundred to three hundred dollars; P.A. 89-251 increased the initial fee for an
individual license from four hundred dollars to six hundred dollars and for renewal from three hundred dollars to four
hundred fifty dollars, increased the initial fee for an agency license from five hundred dollars to seven hundred fifty dollars
and for renewal from four hundred dollars to six hundred dollars, increased the initial fee for a combined individual license
from four hundred dollars to six hundred dollars and for renewal from two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and
increased the initial fee for a combined agency license from five hundred dollars to seven hundred fifty dollars and for
renewal from three hundred dollars to four hundred fifty dollars.
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January
1, 1979.
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(1957, P.A. 149, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 13.)
History: 1969 act included provisions re corporations, associations and partnerships, their officers and members, rewriting and expanding provisions re identification cards.
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(b) Immediately upon hiring an agent, operator, assistant, guard, watchman or patrolman, the licensee shall make application to register such employee with the Commissioner of Public Safety. Such application shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner, and, under oath of the employee, shall give his name, address, date and place
of birth, employment for the past five years, experience in the position applied for, any
convictions for violations of the law and such other information as the commissioner may
require, by regulation, to properly investigate the character, competency and integrity of
the employee.
(c) The application for registration shall be accompanied by two sets of fingerprints
of the employee and two photographs of the employee, two inches wide by two inches
high, full-face, with and without head covering, taken within six months prior thereto,
and a thirteen-dollar registration fee payable to the state. Subject to the provisions of
section 46a-80, no person shall be approved for employment who has been convicted
of a felony, any sexual offense or any crime that would tend to question his honesty and
integrity, or who has been refused a license under the provisions of this chapter for any
reason except minimum experience, or whose license, having been granted, has been
revoked or is under suspension. Upon being satisfied of the suitability of the applicant
for employment the commissioner shall register the employee and so notify the licensee
and place his registration form and all related material on file with the Division of State
Police within the Department of Public Safety.
(d) The licensee shall notify the commissioner within five days of the termination
of employment of any registered employees.
(e) The commissioner may waive the submission of fingerprints and photographs
for any employee who has been employed by a licensed private detective or security
service or agency within the previous six months.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 12; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 56; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-297, S. 19, 20; P.A. 81-253, S. 3; 81-
472, S. 153, 159; P.A. 83-573, S. 5; P.A. 84-546, S. 77, 173; P.A. 89-251, S. 162, 203.)
History: 1972 act required that employees be at least eighteen, rather than twenty-one, in Subsec. (a), reflecting changed
age of majority, and deleted provision which had allowed employment of persons between eighteen and twenty-one as
trainees; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979;
P.A. 80-297 required that applications be accompanied by five-dollar registration fee in Subsec. (c); P.A. 81-253 amended
Subsec. (a) by eliminating the citizenship requirement for employees; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 83-573
amended Subsec. (b), eliminating the requirement of reporting an employee's arrests in the registration application form
and amended Subsec. (c), requiring photographs to be two inches high, rather than three, increasing the registration fee
from five to ten dollars, and providing that no person convicted of any sexual offense may be approved for employment,
deleting references to persons convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude and persons who are alcoholics, drifters or
vagrants, or who have a record of mental illness or those with other than an honorable discharge from the military service;
P.A. 84-546 made technical change to subsec. (b); P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the fee from ten dollars
to thirteen dollars.
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 14.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 15.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 16.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 10.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 21; P.A. 82-57.)
See Sec. 29-28.
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 17.)
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(1969, P.A. 756, S. 19.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 3740; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 3741; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 122; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 30; P.A. 76-436, S. 614, 681;
P.A. 77-603, S. 17, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A.
95-220, S. 4−6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: 1969 act allowed suspension of license as well as revocation, specified grounds for suspension or revocation
where previously suspension or revocation allowed "for good cause", replaced court of common pleas with superior court
and "person or agency" with "licensee", and stated that appeals serve to stay execution of suspension or revocation; 1971
act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending
retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; 1972 act made technical correction; P.A. 76-436 replaced
court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provisions with
requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183 but retained venue in Hartford county as before; P.A. 78-
280 substituted "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" for "Hartford county"; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district
of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective
date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-
230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of
P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district
of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective June 29, 1999.
See Sec. 29-156 re issuance of identification card to licensees.
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(1949 Rev., S. 3742; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 96; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 18; P.A. 77-452, S. 59, 72.)
History: 1961 act changed common pleas to circuit court; 1969 act required that list include security services and
security agencies, replaced circuit courts with common pleas courts and required that copy be distributed to licensees upon
request; P.A. 77-452 deleted reference to common pleas court.
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(1949 Rev., S. 3743; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 3744; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 20.)
History: 1969 act deleted provision which imposed one hundred dollar maximum fine and/or up to six months imprisonment for employees' divulging information gained in the course of employment except as directed by employer or required
by law or for making false report to employer, and increased remaining maximum fine from five hundred to five thousand dollars.
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(b) Each person, firm or corporation employing nonarmed proprietary security personnel may register such employees with the Commissioner of Public Safety in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section
shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each violation of this section shall
be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's
continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
(P.A. 83-573, S. 4.)
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(b) The Commissioner of Public Safety may grant to any suitable employee of a
licensed watchman, guard or patrol service, or to an employee hired to perform watchman, guard or security services by a firm or corporation, a permit to carry a pistol or
revolver or other firearm while actually on duty on the premises of the employer, or,
while directly en route to or from such employment, provided that such employee has
proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner that he has successfully completed a
course, approved by the commissioner, of training in the safety and use of firearms. The
commissioner may grant to such employee a temporary permit pending issuance of
the permit, provided he has submitted his application and successfully completed such
training course immediately following employment. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the approval of
schools, institutions or organizations offering such courses, requirements for instructors
and the required number of hours and content of such courses.
(c) Application for such permit shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a thirty-one dollar fee. Such permit shall expire five
years after the date it becomes effective and may be renewed for additional five-year
periods.
(d) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section
shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each violation of this section shall
be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's
continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
(e) The commissioner may suspend or revoke a watchman, guard or patrol service
license upon a finding by the commissioner that such licensee has violated the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section, provided notice shall have been given to such licensee
to appear before the commissioner to show cause why the license should not be suspended or revoked. Any party aggrieved by an order of the commissioner may appeal
therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such
appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.
(P.A. 83-573, S. 1; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-251, S. 163, 203; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A.
95-220, S. 4−6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective
September 1, 1991; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the application fee from twenty-five dollars to thirty-
one dollars; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A.
93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993;
P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1,
1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective June 29, 1999.
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