Sec. 7-294a. Police Officer Standards and Training Council. Definitions. As
used in this section and sections 7-294b to 7-294e, inclusive, "academy" means the
Connecticut Police Academy; "applicant" means a prospective police officer who has
not commenced employment or service with a law enforcement unit; "basic training"
means the minimum basic law enforcement training received by a police officer at the
academy or at any other certified law enforcement training academy; "certification"
means the issuance by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to a police
officer, police training school or to a law enforcement instructor of a signed instrument
evidencing satisfaction of the certification requirements imposed by section 7-294d,
and signed by the council; "council" means the Police Officer Standards and Training
Council; "Governor" includes any person performing the functions of the Governor by
authority of the law of this state; "review training" means training received after minimum basic law enforcement training; "law enforcement unit" means any agency, organ
or department of this state or a subdivision or municipality thereof, whose primary
functions include the enforcement of criminal or traffic laws, the preservation of public
order, the protection of life and property, or the prevention, detection or investigation
of crime; "police officer" means a sworn member of an organized local police department, an appointed constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties, a special
policeman appointed under section 29-18, 29-18a or 29-19 or any member of a law
enforcement unit who performs police duties; "probationary candidate" means a police
officer who, having satisfied preemployment requirements, has commenced employment with a law enforcement unit but who has not satisfied the training requirements
provided for in section 7-294d; "school" means any school, college, university, academy
or training program approved by the council which offers law enforcement training and
includes a combination of a course curriculum, instructors and facilities.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 684; 1971, P.A. 571; 1972, P.A. 119, S. 2; P.A. 81-426, S. 2.; P.A. 82-357,
S. 1, 8; P.A. 87-560, S. 1; P.A. 95-108, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act included constables in definition of "police officer"; 1971 act excluded supervisory personnel from
definition of "police officer"; 1972 act included members of special police force at The University of Connecticut, Storrs
in definition of "police officer"; P.A. 81-426 redefined "police officer", deleted the definition of "municipality" and
added the following definitions: "Academy", "applicant", "basic training", "certification", "in-service training", "law
enforcement unit", "probationary candidate" and "school"; P.A. 82-357 changed "in-service training" to "review training",
and redefined "police officer" to clearly distinguish between "part-time" and all other officers; P.A. 87-560 amended the
definition of (1) "certification" to include the issuance of a signed instrument evidencing satisfaction of certification
requirements to a police training school or a law enforcement instructor, (2) "police officer" to delete reference to performance of police duties "twenty or more hours per week", (3) "probationary candidate" to delete reference to having commenced "full-time" employment and deleted the definition of "part-time"; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training
Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 7-294b. Members of council. Holding of other office. (a) There shall be a
Police Officer Standards and Training Council which shall be within the Division of
State Police of the Department of Public Safety for administrative purposes only and
which 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 official or
chief executive officer of a town or city in Connecticut with a population under twelve
thousand which does not have an organized police department; (3) a member of the
faculty of The University of Connecticut; (4) eight members of the Connecticut Police
Chiefs Association who are holding office or employed as chief of police or the highest
ranking professional police officer of an organized police department of a municipality
within the state; (5) the Chief State's Attorney; (6) a member of the Connecticut Coalition
of Police and Corrections Officers; and (7) five public members. The Commissioner
of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent-in-charge in
Connecticut or their designees shall be voting ex-officio members of the council. Any
nonpublic member of the council shall immediately upon the termination of his holding
the office or employment which qualified him for appointment cease to be a member
of the council. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired
term of the member whom he is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. The Governor shall appoint a chairperson and the council shall appoint a vice-chairperson and a secretary from among the members. The members of the council shall
serve without compensation but shall be entitled to actual expenses involved in the
performance of their duties.
(b) Membership on the council shall not constitute holding a public office. No member of the council shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment
by reason of his appointment to or membership on the council nor shall any member
forfeit any such office or employment by reason of his appointment to the council,
notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, special act or local law, ordinance
or charter.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-290; 77-614, S. 487, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 9, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 34, 39;
P.A. 82-357, S. 2, 8; P.A. 87-477, S. 3; P.A. 89-376, S. 2; P.A. 93-43; P.A. 95-108, S. 3; P.A. 97-5.)
History: P.A. 77-290 added to provision concerning appointment the phrase calling for service until successors are
appointed in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-614 placed council within the department of public safety for administrative purposes,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police to fulfill
requirements of P.A. 77-614, S. 486; P.A. 79-560 added requirement that there be five public members; P.A. 82-357 put
the council within the division of state police for administrative purposes only and made provisions for the appointment
of a chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary; P.A. 87-477 added chief state's attorney as member of council; P.A. 89-376 amended Subsec. (a) to permit public safety commissioner and FBI special agent-in-charge to have designees and to
be voting ex-officio members of council; P.A. 93-43 amended Subsec. (a) to insert new Subdiv. (3) extending membership
to chief elected official or chief executive officer of a town with a population under twelve thousand which does not have
an organized police department; P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police
Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 97-5 amended Subsec. (a) to insert new Subdiv. (6) extending membership
on council to a member of the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Corrections Officers, and renumbered the remaining
Subdiv. accordingly.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 7-294c. Annual report. The council shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly which shall include pertinent data regarding the comprehensive municipal police training plan and an accounting of all grants, contributions,
gifts, donations or other financial assistance.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 3; P.A. 82-357, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 82-357 broadened the scope of the annual report to include accounting of grants, contributions and other
financial assistance.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 7-294d. Powers of council. Certification of police officers, police training
schools and law enforcement instructors. Refusal to renew, cancellation or revocation of certification. Automatic certification. Exemptions. (a) The Police Officer
Standards and Training Council shall have the following powers:
(1) To develop and periodically update and revise a comprehensive municipal police training plan;
(2) To approve, or revoke the approval of, any police training school and to issue
certification to such schools and to revoke such certification;
(3) To set the minimum courses of study and attendance required and the equipment
and facilities to be required of approved police training schools;
(4) To set the minimum qualifications for law enforcement instructors and to issue
appropriate certification to such instructors;
(5) To require that all probationary candidates receive the hours of basic training
deemed necessary before being eligible for certification, such basic training to be completed within one year following the appointment as a probationary candidate, unless
the candidate is granted additional time to complete such basic training by the council;
(6) To require the registration of probationary candidates with the academy within
ten days of hiring for the purpose of scheduling training;
(7) To issue appropriate certification to police officers who have satisfactorily completed minimum basic training programs;
(8) To require that each police officer satisfactorily complete at least forty hours of
certified review training every three years in order to maintain certification, unless the
officer is granted additional time not to exceed one year to complete such training by
the council;
(9) To renew the certification of those police officers who have satisfactorily completed review training programs;
(10) To establish uniform minimum educational and training standards for employment as a police officer in full-time positions, temporary or probationary positions and
part-time or voluntary positions;
(11) To visit and inspect police basic training schools and to inspect each school at
least once each year;
(12) To consult with and cooperate with universities, colleges and institutes for the
development of specialized courses of study for police officers in police science and
police administration;
(13) To consult with and cooperate with departments and agencies of this state and
other states and the federal government concerned with police training;
(14) To employ an executive director and any other personnel that may be necessary
in the performance of its functions;
(15) To perform any other acts that may be necessary and appropriate to carry out
the functions of the council as set forth in sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive;
(16) To accept contributions, grants, gifts, donations, services or other financial
assistance from any governmental unit, public agency or the private sector;
(17) To conduct any inspection and evaluation that may be necessary to determine
if a law enforcement unit is complying with the provisions of this section;
(18) At the request and expense of any law enforcement unit, to conduct general or
specific management surveys;
(19) To develop objective and uniform criteria for granting any waiver of regulations or procedures established by the council;
(20) To recruit, select and appoint candidates to the position of probationary candidate, as defined in section 7-294a, and provide recruit training for candidates of the
Connecticut Police Corps program in accordance with the Police Corps Act, 42 USC
14091 et seq., as amended from time to time;
(21) To develop, adopt and revise, as necessary, comprehensive accreditation standards for the administration and management of law enforcement units, to grant accreditation to those law enforcement units that demonstrate their compliance with such standards and, at the request and expense of any law enforcement unit, to conduct such
surveys as may be necessary to determine such unit's compliance with such standards;
(22) To appoint any council training instructor, or such other person as determined
by the council, to act as a special police officer throughout the state as such instructor
or other person's official duties may require, provided any such instructor or other person
so appointed shall be a certified police officer. Each such special police officer shall be
sworn and may arrest and present before a competent authority any person for any
offense committed within the officer's precinct.
(b) No person may be employed as a police officer by any law enforcement unit
for a period exceeding one year unless he has been certified under the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section or has been granted an extension by the council. No person
may serve as a police officer during any period when his certification has been cancelled
or revoked pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. In addition to the
requirements of this subsection, the council may establish other qualifications for the
employment of police officers and require evidence of fulfillment of these qualifications.
The certification of any police officer who is not employed by a law enforcement unit
for a period of time in excess of two years, unless such officer is on leave of absence,
shall be considered lapsed. Upon reemployment as a police officer, such officer shall
apply for recertification in a manner provided by the council. The council shall certify
any applicant who presents evidence of satisfactory completion of a program or course
of instruction in another state equivalent in content and quality to that required in this
state, provided he passes an examination or evaluation as required by the council.
(c) (1) The council may refuse to renew any certificate if the holder fails to meet
the requirements for renewal of his certification.
(2) The council may cancel or revoke any certificate if: (A) The certificate was
issued by administrative error, (B) the certificate was obtained through misrepresentation or fraud, (C) the holder falsified any document in order to obtain or renew any
certificate, (D) the holder has been convicted of a felony, (E) the holder has been found
not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13,
(F) the holder has been convicted of a violation of subsection (c) of section 21a-279
or section 29-9, (G) the holder has been refused issuance of a certificate or similar
authorization or has had his certificate or other authorization cancelled or revoked by
another jurisdiction on grounds which would authorize cancellation or revocation under
the provisions of this subdivision, or (H) the holder has been found by a law enforcement
unit, pursuant to procedures established by such unit, to have used a firearm in an improper manner which resulted in the death or serious physical injury of another person.
Whenever the council believes there is a reasonable basis for cancellation or revocation
of the certification of a police officer, police training school or law enforcement instructor, it shall give an adequate opportunity for a hearing prior to such cancellation or
revocation. Any police officer or law enforcement instructor whose certification is cancelled or revoked pursuant to this section may reapply for certification no sooner than
two years after the date on which the cancellation or revocation order becomes final.
Any police training school whose certification is cancelled or revoked pursuant to this
section may reapply for certification at any time after the date on which such order
becomes final.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), any police officer, except a
probationary candidate, who is serving under full-time appointment on July 1, 1982,
shall be deemed to have met all certification requirements and shall be automatically
certified by the council in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section
7-294e.
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to any person who performs police
functions. As used in this subsection, "performs police functions" for a person who is
not a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, means that in the course of his official
duties, such person carries a firearm and exercises arrest powers pursuant to section 54-1f or engages in the prevention, detection or investigation of crime, as defined in section
53a-24. The council shall establish criteria by which the certification process required
by this section shall apply to police officers.
(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) any state police training
school or program, (2) any sworn member of the Division of State Police within the
Department of Public Safety, (3) Connecticut National Guard security personnel, when
acting within the scope of their National Guard duties, who have satisfactorily completed
a program of police training conducted by the United States Army or Air Force, (4)
employees of the Judicial Department, (5) municipal animal control officers appointed
pursuant to section 22-331, or (6) fire police appointed pursuant to section 7-313a.
The provisions of this section with respect to renewal of certification upon satisfactory
completion of review training programs shall not apply to any chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice who has satisfactorily completed a program of
police training conducted by the division.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 669; P.A. 77-289; P.A. 81-426, S. 3; P.A. 82-357, S. 3, 8; P.A. 87-99; 87-560, S. 2; P.A. 91-186; P.A. 92-128, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-271, S. 1, 3; 93-435, S. 1, 95; P.A. 94-44, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A.
94-6, S. 10, 28; P.A. 95-108, S. 4; P.A. 00-51, S. 1, 2; P.A. 01-195, S. 13, 181; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 169.)
History: 1967 act inserted new Subdiv. (k) re personnel and relettered former Subdiv. (k) as Subdiv. (l); P.A. 77-289
added Subdiv. (m) re acceptance of contributions etc.; P.A. 81-426 expanded the authority of the council to all police
training programs, except the state police, and enlarged the scope of its powers to include requiring a minimum of four
hundred eighty hours of basic training for all probationary candidates and setting requirements of in-service training
programs and certification; P.A. 82-357 broadened the powers of the council and added provisions dealing with certification
of police officers, cancellation or revocation of certificates, automatic certification and part-time police officers; P.A. 87-99 amended Subsec. (f), exempting certain Connecticut national guard security personnel from training requirements; P.A.
87-560 amended (1) Subsec. (a) to delete requirement in Subdiv. (7) re any police officer hired on a part-time basis,
renumbering all remaining subdivisions; to require issuance of "certification" in lieu of "certificates of approval" or "certificates"; to clarify that each police officer complete forty hours of review training every three years "in order to maintain
his certification"; to require the renewal of certification for those officers who have satisfactorily completed review training
and to require the establishment of "uniform" minimum educational and training standards for all police officers; (2)
Subsec. (c) to authorize council to refuse to renew any certificate if holder thereof fails to meet requirements for certification
renewal; to require council to give adequate opportunity for a hearing whenever it believes there is reasonable basis for
cancellation or revocation of a police training school or law enforcement instructor certification; to permit a law enforcement
instructor to reapply for certification two years after date cancellation or revocation order becomes final and to permit a
police training school to reapply for certification at any time after date on which order becomes final; and (3) Subsec. (e)
to specifically provide that section applies to any person who performs police functions, deleting reference to "twenty or
more hours per week"; P.A. 91-186 amended Subsec. (f) to exempt any chief inspector or inspector in division of criminal
justice who has completed division training program from requirements re renewal of certification; P.A. 92-128 amended
Subsec. (c) to authorize council to cancel or revoke any certificate if holder falsified any document in order to obtain or
renew any certificate, has been found not guilty of a felony due to mental disease or defect, has been convicted of a violation
of Sec. 21a-279(c) or 29-9, has been refused issuance of a certificate or has had certificate revoked by another jurisdiction
or has been found to have used a firearm in an improper manner which resulted in death or serious physical injury of
another person; P.A. 93-271 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement in Subdiv. (5) that probationary candidates receive
a minimum of four hundred eighty hours of basic training and substitute requirement that such candidates receive the hours
of basic training deemed necessary and to eliminate obsolete provision in Subdiv. (8) relating to police officers who have
completed basic training on or before July 1, 1982, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-435 made a technical change in Subdiv.
(2) of Subsec. (c), effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 94-44 amended Subdiv. (8) of Subsec. (a) to authorize council to grant
additional time not to exceed one year to a police officer to complete his certified review training, effective May 24, 1994;
May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 amended Subsec. (f) to add the exception for employees of the judicial department, effective July
1, 1994; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council,
amended Subsec. (e) to add definition of "performs police functions" and amended Subsec. (f) to explicitly exempt from
the section's training requirements sworn members of the state police, trained sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, municipal animal
control officers and fire police; P.A. 00-51 amended Subsec. (a) to add management of Connecticut Police Corps program
to powers of council and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 16, 2000; P.A. 01-195 amended Subsec. (f) to delete former Subdiv. (5) re sheriffs or deputy sheriffs and renumber existing Subdivs. (6) and
(7) as Subdivs. (5) and (6), effective July 11, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new
Subdivs. (21) and (22) re comprehensive accreditation standards for law enforcement units and appointment of special
police officers.
See Sec. 7-294f re requirement that police basic training programs include course on rape crisis intervention.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 125, 128, 129.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (10) does not establish explicit, well-established and dominant public policy that, irrespective of or in limitation
of collective bargaining agreement, a town has control over termination for fitness for duty of a police officer. 255 C. 800.
Sec. 7-294e. Recertification of police officers. Regulations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of any general statute or special act or local law, ordinance or charter
to the contrary, each police officer shall forfeit his appointment and position unless
recertified by the council according to procedures and within the time frame established
by the council.
(b) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council may adopt any regulations
it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of section 7-294a, subsection (a) of section
7-294b, sections 7-294c, 7-294d and this section in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54, giving due consideration to the varying factors and special requirements of
law enforcement units. Such regulations shall be binding upon all law enforcement units,
except the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 6; P.A. 81-426, S. 4; P.A. 82-357, S. 4, 8; P.A. 91-73, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-108, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 81-426 provided that after October 1, 1981, every person who is appointed a police officer, except a state
police officer, must complete a basic training program and be awarded a certificate by the council or lose his position;
P.A. 82-357 provided for recertification procedures effective July 1, 1982 and deleted obsolete provision which had allowed
fifteen-year grace period for police officers serving without certification on October 1, 1966; P.A. 91-73 deleted obsolete
provisions in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (b) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer
Standards and Training Council.
See Sec. 29-26 re training at State Police Training School.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 7-294f. State and local police training programs to include course on rape
crisis intervention. Each police basic training program conducted or administered by
the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, the Police Officer
Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b or municipal police
department in the state shall include a course on rape crisis intervention and each review
training program conducted by such agencies shall make provision for such a course.
(P.A. 82-60; P.A. 95-108, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 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 administered by the Division of State
Police within the Department of Public Safety, by the Police Officer Standards and
Training Council established under section 7-294b or by a municipal police department
in the state shall provide a minimum of two hours of training on the subject of domestic
violence that includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Enforcement of criminal
laws applicable in cases involving domestic violence; (2) techniques for handling incidents of domestic violence which promote the safety of the victim and the officer and
which reduce the likelihood of recurrence; (3) organizations in the state that offer aid
or shelter to victims of domestic violence; (4) applicable procedures in the prosecution
of cases involving domestic violence; (5) orders issued by a court pursuant to chapter
815a. The Division of State Police, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council
or municipal police departments, in consultation with the Connecticut Task Force on
Abused Women, shall develop a program curriculum and shall submit such curriculum
to the task force for approval. Individual shelter programs in the task force may also
conduct domestic violence training in conjunction with any police training program.
(b) Each police basic training program conducted or administered by the Division
of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, by the Police Officer Standards
and Training Council established under section 7-294b or by a municipal police department in the state shall include a course on the recognition and management of child
abuse and suicide intervention procedures.
(P.A. 85-581; P.A. 89-172; P.A. 95-108, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 89-172 added Subsec. (b) to include in each police basic training program a course on the recognition
and management of child abuse and suicide prevention procedures; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training
Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council (Revisor's note: The word "by" preceding references to "the
Police Officer Standards and Training Council" in Subsecs. (a) and (b) was added editorially by the Revisors for grammatical
correctness and conformity with wording of Sec. 7-294h).
Cited. 13 CA 124, 128.
Sec. 7-294h. State and local police training programs to provide training on
the handling of juvenile matters. On and after July 1, 1990: (1) Each police basic
training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the
Department of Public Safety shall provide a minimum of twenty-seven hours of training
relative to the handling of juvenile matters which includes, but is not limited to, the
following: (A) Techniques for handling incidents involving juveniles; (B) information
relative to the processing and disposition of juvenile matters; (C) applicable procedures
in the prosecution of cases involving juveniles, and (D) information regarding resources
of the juvenile justice system in the state; (2) each police basic training program conducted or administered by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established
under section 7-294b or by a municipal police department in the state shall provide a
minimum of fourteen hours of training relative to the handling of juvenile matters as
provided in subdivision (1) of this section; and (3) each police review training program
conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of
Public Safety, by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under
section 7-294b or by a municipal police department in the state shall provide a minimum
of one hour of training relative to the handling of juvenile matters as provided in subdivision (1) of this section.
(P.A. 89-273, S. 12; P.A. 95-108, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council.
Sec. 7-294i. Transferred to Sec. 7-294y.
Sec. 7-294j. Transferred to Sec. 7-294m.
Sec. 7-294k. Transferred to Sec. 7-294z.
Sec. 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 by the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, the
Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b or a
municipal police department in the state shall include training on gang-related violence.
(P.A. 93-416, S. 4, 10; P.A. 95-108, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 93-416 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer
Standards and Training Council.
See Sec. 29-7n(a) re definition of "gang".
Sec. 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 7-294b, in conjunction with the office of
the Chief State's Attorney and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, and (2) the
Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with
the office of the Chief State's Attorney, shall provide instruction on the subject of new
legal developments which affect police policies and practices concerning the investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal matters, each year to the chief law enforcement officer of each municipality and any person designated by such officer to serve
in such capacity in such officer's absence. Each such officer may be given credit for
such course of instruction toward the certified review training required by subsection
(a) of section 7-294d. Such training program shall be named "The John M. Bailey Seminar on New Legal Developments Impacting Police Policies and Practices".
(P.A. 90-120, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-63; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 7, 130; P.A. 95-108, S. 10; P.A. 04-147, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-63 deleted requirement that instruction be provided for a minimum of four hours in two sessions to
police officers who have managerial duties, substituting requirement that instruction be provided to chief law enforcement
officer of each municipality and any person designated to serve in such capacity in his absence and authorized credit for
such instruction toward certified review training; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical grammatical change, effective
July 1, 1994; Sec. 7-294j transferred to Sec. 7-294m in 1995; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as
Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 04-147 specified that the training program be named "The John M.
Bailey Seminar on New Legal Developments Impacting Police Policies and Practices" and made technical changes for
purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 29-2a re legal review of state police policies and practices.
Sec. 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 by the Division of State Police within the Department of
Public Safety, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under
section 7-294b or a municipal police department in the state shall include training relative
to crimes motivated by bigotry or bias.
(P.A. 00-72, S. 6, 12.)
History: P.A. 00-72 effective July 1, 2001.
Secs. 7-294o to 7-294w. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 7-294x. Council to provide training to public school security personnel.
The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b
shall provide training to security personnel employed in the public schools by a local
or regional board of education. Such training shall include drug detection and gang
identification.
(P.A. 93-416, S. 5, 10; P.A. 95-108, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 93-416 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer
Standards and Training Council.
See Sec. 29-7n(a) re definition of "gang".
Sec. 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 Police within the Department of Public Safety and each municipal police department in the state shall establish a written policy or update its current policy with respect to
the handling and processing of juvenile matters including, but not limited to, procedures
concerning the arrest, referral, diversion and detention of juveniles. The Division of
State Police and each municipal police department shall inform its police officers of
such policy not later than July 1, 1990.
(P.A. 89-273, S. 13.)
History: Sec. 7-294i transferred to Sec. 7-294y in 1995.
Sec. 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 device that emits
nonionizing radiation may be used in this state by any state or municipal police officer
in the course of his employment for the purpose of preventing or detecting any violation
of any law relating to motor vehicles.
(b) On and after July 1, 1992, no speed monitoring radar device that emits nonionizing radiation may be used within the confines of a patrol vehicle by any state or municipal
police officer in the course of his employment for the purpose of preventing or detecting
any violation of any law relating to motor vehicles.
(P.A. 92-141, S. 1, 3.)
History: Sec. 7-294k transferred to Sec. 7-294z in 1995.
Sec. 7-294aa. Reinstatement of state or municipal police officers upon return
from participation in international peacekeeping operations. Any sworn police officer employed by the state or a municipality who takes a leave of absence or resigns from
such officer's employment 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 with to recruit, select, equip and deploy police officers for such peacekeeping operations, and participates in such peacekeeping operations
under the supervision of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe or other sponsoring organization, shall be entitled, upon return from such
leave, (1) to be restored by such officer's employer to the position of employment held
by the officer when the leave commenced, or (2) if the original position of employment
is not available, to be restored to an equivalent position with equivalent employment
benefits, pay and other terms and conditions of employment.
(P.A. 04-241, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 04-241 effective June 8, 2004.
PART II
POLICE RESERVE FUND
Sec. 7-295. Acceptance of part. The provisions of this part shall apply to any
municipality having a police department under the management of a commissioner,
superintendent, board of police commissioners or police committee, which accepts the
provisions of this part by an affirmative vote of the electors of such municipality at a
referendum warned and held for the purpose of accepting the same in the manner prescribed in section 9-369. In any such referendum election, the designation of the question
on the voting machine ballot label shall be "Shall a Police Reserve Fund be established?".
The provisions hereof shall not apply to cities authorized by special charter to establish
a police benefit or reserve fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 904; 1953, S. 417d; P.A. 86-170, S. 5, 13.)
History: P.A. 86-170 required that designation on ballot label be in form of question.
See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.
Sec. 7-296. Reserve fund of police department. There shall be in each city a fund
to be known as the "reserve fund of the police department" and said fund shall consist
of: (1) All property specially devised or given for the benefit of disabled policemen
and all property given to the department on account of service rendered; (2) all lost or
abandoned money, in charge of the board of police commissioners or police committee
of such city, and all moneys arising from the sale of abandoned or lost property, in
charge of such board, available for the purpose by the laws of the state; (3) all rewards,
fees, gifts, testimonials and emoluments presented to any member of the police force
on account of special services, except such as are allowed by such board or committee
to be retained by such member, and all moneys collected from members of the police
force by way of fines or forfeiture of pay imposed or ordered by such board and all
money deducted or withheld from the pay of members of the police force on account
of lost time; (4) the income and interest from all property and moneys belonging to said
fund, and (5) such moneys as are from time to time appropriated for that purpose by the
common council of such city. The board of police commissioners or the police committee shall be a board of trustees of the reserve fund and the treasurer of the city shall be
the treasurer of said fund. The president of such board or committee shall be president
of such board of trustees and shall draw all orders upon said fund, which shall be countersigned by the secretary of such board of trustees, who shall be designated by the board.
The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board of trustees and of all
action taken by it with regard to said fund. The board of trustees shall have general
charge of said fund and may, by a majority vote, direct the treasurer to invest any portion
of the same in any securities authorized by the laws of the state as investments for trust
funds or to deposit the same or any portion thereof in any of the savings banks of the
state. The board of trustees shall report to the common council yearly the condition of
the reserve fund, with the items of all the receipts and disbursements on account of the
same. If the reserve fund is found at any time insufficient to meet all requirements
upon it, the common council, upon application of the board of trustees, may make an
appropriation to make good such deficiency, and any prospective deficiency in said
fund may be provided for by the common council in its annual appropriation for the
police department.
(1949 Rev., S. 905; P.A. 75-530, S. 22, 35.)
History: P.A. 75-530 deleted references to unclaimed or stolen money or property.
See Sec. 7-285 re sales of unclaimed goods by police departments.
See Sec. 50-14 re disposition of lost goods after expiration of time for making claim.
Does not prohibit by implication deductions from pay of policemen. 137 C. 43.
Sec. 7-297. Veteran reserve; retirement; death benefits. In addition to the supernumerary and regular police force in each city, there shall be an honorary grade, known
as the veteran reserve, to which the police commissioners or police committee may, at
its discretion, by a unanimous vote, with the approval of the mayor, transfer any member
of the regular force who, through age, or physical disabilities incurred in the discharge
of perilous duty, or in long and faithful service, becomes permanently disqualified for
the more active duties of the regular grade; provided the pay of the members of the
veteran reserve shall be regulated by the police commissioners or police committee in
accordance with the amount of duty performed and shall not be more than one-half nor
less than one-fourth of the rate of compensation previously received by such members
while in the regular grade; and provided any member of the veteran reserve may be
removed in the same manner as a member of the regular force. The board of police
commissioners or police committee may, at its discretion, by the affirmative vote of the
whole number of its members and with the approval of the mayor, as a reward for
conspicuously meritorious service, permanently retire from duty any member of the
regular force or of the veteran reserve, after twenty years of continuous service in the
department, upon certificate of the surgeon of the department or of a board of surgeons
to be designated by such board or such committee, showing that such member is permanently disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be unfit for any police duty; provided
such surgeon or board of surgeons shall further certify that, in his or their opinion, such
disability is due either to the natural infirmities of old age or to injury received or exposure endured in the performance of duty in such department; and such member so retired
shall be entitled to receive from said fund, during his lifetime, unless such vote is
annulled by a unanimous vote of the members of such board or committee, with the
approval of the mayor, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars annually or, in case
of officers other than patrolmen, not exceeding one-half the pay of such officers when
retired, such sum to be payable in monthly installments. Such board or such committee
may, by the affirmative vote of the whole number of its members, with the approval of
the mayor, permanently retire any member of the supernumerary or regular police force
who, while in the actual performance of police duty and by reason of the performance
of such duty and without fault or misconduct on his part, has become permanently
disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be entirely unfitted to perform such duty; and
such member so retired shall be entitled to receive from said fund, during his lifetime,
unless such vote is annulled by the unanimous vote of the members of such board or
committee, with the approval of the mayor, an annual sum payable monthly, not exceeding one-half nor less than one-fourth of his previous compensation per annum; or,
in the case of a member of the supernumerary force, not exceeding one-half nor less
than one-fourth of the compensation of a patrolman of the regular force. Whenever such
board or committee annuls a vote placing a policeman on the retired list, such board or
committee shall file with the trustees of the reserve fund a written statement of the causes
which determined them in annulling such vote. When any member of the police force
has been killed while in the actual performance of duty or has died from the effects of
any injury received while in the actual discharge of such duty, such board or committee
may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of its members, with
the approval of the mayor, direct a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars a year,
payable in installments, as such board or committee directs, to be paid from said fund
to the widow of such policeman; or, if he has no widow, to his child or children not over
eighteen years of age, and to his child or children being under eighteen years of age,
after the death or marriage of his widow; provided such annual payment shall cease if
such widow marries again, and shall cease when all of such children attain the age of
eighteen years, and may at any time be stopped or the amount of the payment changed
by the vote of a majority of the whole number of the members of such board or committee,
with the approval of the mayor, and shall in no case be continued for a longer period
than ten years.
(1949 Rev., S. 906.)