Sec. 29-1b. (Formerly Sec. 28e-1). Department of Public Safety. Commissioner. Deputy commissioners. Division of State Police. (a) There shall be a Department of Public Safety. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Public Safety,
who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections
4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 with the powers and duties therein prescribed. The commissioner
shall be the chief administrative officer of the department and shall have the responsibility for providing a coordinated, integrated program for the protection of life and property.
The commissioner may appoint not more than three deputy commissioners of public
safety, who shall, under the direction of the commissioner, assist in the administration
of the department.
(b) There shall be within the Department of Public Safety a Division of State Police.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall serve as administrative head and commanding
officer of the State Police Division. In his capacity as administrative head said commanding officer of the Division of State Police may delegate his jurisdiction of the affairs of
the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who shall have the powers and
privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman.
(c) Said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of
State Police in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 485, 610; P.A. 90-337, S. 1, 8; P.A. 99-218, S. 2, 16.)
History: (Revisor's note: Sec. 29-1b was formerly published as Sec. 28e-1. In 1983 it was decided that a separate title
28e devoted to public safety was unnecessary and the title was abolished and this section transferred to its present number.
At the same time title 29 was expanded with the transfer from title 19 of several topics which were brought under the
jurisdiction of the department of public safety by public act 77-614, entitled An Act Concerning the Reorganization of the
Executive Branch of State Government, and subsequent legislation); P.A. 90-337 amended Subsec. (a) to permit commissioner to appoint not more than two deputy commissioners; P.A. 99-218 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the commissioner
to appoint not more than three deputy commissioners, effective July 1, 1999.
See chapter 529 (Sec. 29-1zz et seq.) re Division of State Police.
Cited. 14 CA 376, 378.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 197 C. 698, 702.
Sec. 29-1c. (Formerly Sec. 28e-2). Uniform crime reporting system. (a) The
Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish a state-wide uniform crime reporting
system within the Department of Public Safety and shall develop policy concerning the
use of data obtained through said system.
(b) Each organized police department shall participate in the state-wide uniform
crime reporting system by submitting to the Commissioner of Public Safety, at such
times and on such forms as said commissioner may prescribe, a uniform crime report
concerning crimes committed within such organized police department's jurisdiction.
Such report shall contain the number and nature of offenses committed and such other
information as the commissioner, shall require.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Safety may establish an advisory board composed
of police chiefs from organized police departments to assist him in developing such
policy referred to in subsection (a) of this section. The Commissioner of Public Safety
may, with the advice and assistance of said board, if so established, adopt regulations
in accordance with chapter 54, necessary to implement and maintain the state-wide
uniform crime reporting system.
(d) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall publish an annual report concerning
the extent, fluctuation, distribution and nature of crime in Connecticut. The annual report
shall include a specific analysis of the nature, extent and pattern of sex crimes in the state.
(P.A. 79-406; P.A. 93-340, S. 7, 19.)
History: (Revisor's note: Sec. 29-1c was formerly published as Sec. 28e-2. In 1983 it was decided that a separate title
28e devoted to public safety was unnecessary and the title was abolished and this section transferred to its present number.
At the same time title 29 was expanded with the transfer from title 19 of several topics which were brought under the
jurisdiction of the department of public safety by public act 77-614, entitled An Act Concerning the Reorganization of the
Executive Branch of State Government, and subsequent legislation); P.A. 93-340 amended Subsec. (d) to require the annual
report to include a specific analysis of sex crimes, effective July 1, 1993.
Sec. 29-1d. Local crime stoppers program. Definition. Evidence of certain
communications not admissible. (a) As used in this section, "local crime stoppers
program" means a private, nonprofit organization operated on less than a state-wide
level, which accepts and expends donations for rewards to persons who report to the
organization information concerning criminal activity, and which forwards the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
(b) Evidence of a communication between a person submitting a report of criminal
activity to a local crime stoppers program and the person who accepted the report on
behalf of the local crime stoppers program is not admissible in a court or an administrative proceeding.
(P.A. 84-540, S. 1-3, 7; P.A. 95-12.)
History: P.A. 95-12 deleted Subsecs. (b) to (g), inclusive, re Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, relettering remaining
Subsec. as (b) and deleting references to the council.
Sec. 29-1e. Missing Children Information Clearinghouse. Definitions. Duties.
Missing child reports. (a) There is established a Missing Children Information Clearinghouse within the Department of Public Safety. The clearinghouse shall be supervised
by the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall establish services deemed appropriate
by the department to aid in the location of missing children.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Missing child" means any person who is under the age of eighteen years, whose
temporary or permanent residence is in Connecticut or is believed to be in Connecticut,
whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law
enforcement agency.
(2) "Missing child report" is a report prepared on a form designed by the Department
of Public Safety for the use by private citizens and law enforcement agencies to report
missing children information to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse.
(c) The clearinghouse is established as a central repository of information regarding
missing children and other missing persons. Such information shall be collected and
disseminated to assist in the location of missing children. The clearinghouse shall:
(1) Establish a system of intrastate communication of information relating to children determined to be missing by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child,
or by a law enforcement agency;
(2) Provide a centralized file for the exchange of information on missing children
within the state;
(3) Interface with the National Crime Information Center for the exchange of information on children suspected of interstate travel;
(4) Collect, process, maintain and disseminate information on missing children and
shall strive to maintain or disseminate only accurate and complete information;
(5) Conduct investigations concerning missing children in this state and cooperate
with local law enforcement agencies and other state and federal agencies in investigations concerning missing children.
(d) All state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies shall submit to the
clearinghouse all missing child reports received by any such agency.
(e) (1) Any parent, guardian or legal custodian may submit a missing child report
to the clearinghouse on any child whose whereabouts is unknown, regardless of the
circumstances, subsequent to the reporting of such to the appropriate law enforcement
agency within the county in which the child became missing, which shall be included
in the clearinghouse data base.
(2) The parent, guardian or legal custodian responsible for notifying the clearinghouse or a law enforcement agency of a missing child shall immediately notify such
agency or the clearinghouse of any child whose location has been determined.
(P.A. 85-441, S. 1, 4.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 the words "The Department of" in the phrase "commissioner of the Department of
Public Safety" in Subsec. (a) were deleted editorially by the Revisors for consistency with customary statutory usage).
Sec. 29-1f. Clearinghouse to assist in location of missing persons other than
children. Subject to available resources, the clearinghouse established by section 29-1e may collect, process, maintain and disseminate information to assist in the location
of missing persons other than children.
(P.A. 85-441, S. 2, 4.)
Sec. 29-1g. Child support enforcement. Special policemen. The Commissioner
of Public Safety may appoint not more than two persons nominated by the Commissioner
of Social Services as special policemen in the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement of
the Department of Social Services for the service of any warrant or capias mittimus
issued by the courts on child support matters. Such appointees, having been sworn, shall
serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Public Safety and, during such tenure,
shall have all the powers conferred on the state policemen and state marshals.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 58, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 00-99, S. 72, 154.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and
department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriffs and their deputies with
state marshals, effective December 1, 2000.