Sec. 29-156. Licensee's identification card. Upon the issuance of a license as
provided in sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, 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 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 the licensed business, which card shall be evidence of due authorization
pursuant to the terms of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive. 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.
(1957, P.A. 149, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 13; P.A. 04-192, S. 10.)
History: 1969 act included provisions re corporations, associations and partnerships, their officers and members, rewriting and expanding provisions re identification cards; P.A. 04-192 substituted references to Secs. 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive,
for "this chapter", eliminated requirement re fingerprint on card and made a technical change.
Sec. 29-156a. Qualifications of employees. Registration. Fee. (a) Any licensee
may employ as many agents, operators, assistants, guards, watchmen or patrolmen as
such licensee deems necessary for the conduct of such licensee's business, provided
such employees shall be of good moral character and at least eighteen years of age.
(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 the employee's 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 Commissioner of Public Safety shall require any applicant for registration
under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The
criminal history records checks required pursuant to this section shall be conducted in
accordance with section 29-17a. 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, taken within six months prior thereto, and a
twenty-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 such person's 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 the 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.
(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; P.A. 01-175, S. 27, 32; P.A. 04-192, S. 11.)
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; P.A. 01-175 made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c),
and amended Subsecs. (c) and (e) by adding language re criminal history records checks, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-192 amended Subsec. (c) to substitute registration for licensure of employees, to eliminate "with and without head covering"
re photographs and to increase registration fee from thirteen dollars to twenty dollars, and eliminated former Subsec. (e)
re waiver of state and national criminal history records checks and submission of fingerprints and photographs for any
employee of a licensed private detective or security service or agency within previous six months.
Sec. 29-156b. Nonuniformed investigators', operators' or agents' identification card. The licensee of a private detective agency shall issue to each of the agency's
nonuniformed investigators, operators or agents, an identification card, of such size,
color and design as the commissioner may prescribe, which card shall contain the name
and photograph of the investigator, operator or agent, the name and business address
of the licensee, the license number and expiration date, and the certification that the
named investigator, operator or agent is employed as an investigator, operator or agent
of the licensee. Such card shall be carried by the investigator, operator or agent at all
times when engaged in the activities of the licensee. No person shall hold, possess
or show an identification card not authorized and issued to such person by a licensed
employer, or possess such card after termination of such person's employment with the
issuing licensee.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 14; P.A. 04-192, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 04-192 limited issuance of identification card to nonuniformed investigators, operators or agents by the
licensee of a private detective "agency", in lieu of "business", eliminated references to employee, requirement that licensee
of a watchman, guard or patrol service issue card to each of his nonuniformed agents and requirement that card contain
index fingerprint, and made technical changes.
Sec. 29-156c. Uniformed employee's insignia. Section 29-156c is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 15; P.A. 04-192, S. 41.)
Sec. 29-156d. Private detective prohibited from using badge or shield. No private detective licensed under the provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, 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 connected with the private detective business.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 16; P.A. 04-192, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 04-192 eliminated references to investigator, substituted Secs. 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, for "this
chapter" and made a technical change.
Sec. 29-156e. Branch or suboffices. Any licensee may operate as many branch
or suboffices as such licensee deems necessary to conduct the business properly. Such
licensee shall advise the commissioner, in writing not later than five business days
after opening such branch or suboffice for business, 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.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 10; P.A. 04-192, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 04-192 made technical changes and required that written notice to commissioner be given not later than
five business days after opening branch or suboffice for business.
Sec. 29-156f. Permit to carry firearms. Section 29-156f is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 21; P.A. 82-57.)
See Sec. 29-28.
Sec. 29-156g. Use of information. No person who is or has been an employee of
a licensed private detective shall divulge any information to anyone other than such
person's employer, or as the 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
such person shall have been assigned by such employer or any other information relating
to the business of the employer gained during such employment or association.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 17; P.A. 04-192, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 04-192 eliminated reference to investigator and made technical changes.
Sec. 29-156h. Nonuniformed guard services by private detectives or private
detective agencies. 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.
(1969, P.A. 756, S. 19; P.A. 04-192, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 04-192 eliminated "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.
(1949 Rev., S. 3740; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)
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 to the clients of the licensee; (3) the licensee has made a material
misstatement in the application for issuance or renewal of such licensee's license; (4)
the licensee has demonstrated incompetence or untrustworthiness in the conduct of such
licensee's business; (5) the licensee has been convicted of a felony or other crime affecting such licensee's honesty, integrity or moral fitness. If the licensee has been convicted
under section 53a-61 or 53a-62, the commissioner shall consider the facts and circumstances surrounding such convictions prior to suspending or revoking said license. 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.
(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; P.A. 04-192, S. 17.)
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; P.A. 04-192 amended Subdiv. (2) by adding
"to the clients of the licensee", made technical changes in Subdivs. (3) and (4), and amended Subdiv. (5) to make a technical
change and require that if licensee has been convicted under Sec. 53a-61 or 53a-62, commissioner consider facts and
circumstances surrounding such convictions prior to suspending or revoking license.
See Sec. 29-156 re issuance of identification card to licensees.
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.
(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.
Sec. 29-160. Exemption of credit rating agencies. Section 29-160 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3743; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)
Sec. 29-161. Penalties. Regulations. (a) 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. The commissioner may establish,
by regulation, civil penalties for violations of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, but
no such penalty shall be more than five thousand dollars. No person who violates any
provision of section 29-153 shall be eligible to apply for a license for two years. Any
experience accrued while operating without being licensed will not be counted to the
requirements as outlined in section 29-154a.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54 to implement the provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive.
(1949 Rev., S. 3744; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 20; P.A. 04-192, S. 18.)
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; P.A. 04-192 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to authorize commissioner
to establish, by regulation, civil penalties for violations of Secs. 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, and provide that no person
who violates any provision of Sec. 29-153 shall be eligible to apply for a license for two years and that any experience
accrued while not licensed will not be counted to the requirements in Sec. 29-154a, and added Subsec. (b) requiring
commissioner to adopt regulations to implement provisions of Secs. 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive.
Sec. 29-161a. Transferred to Part II, Sec. 29-161y.
Sec. 29-161b. Transferred to Part II, Sec. 29-161z.
Sec. 29-161c. Transferred to Part II, Sec. 29-161aa.
Secs. 29-161d to 29-161f. Reserved for future use.
PART II*
SECURITY SERVICES AND SECURITY OFFICERS
*See Sec. 29-152u for applicable definitions.
Sec. 29-161g. Security service license required. No person shall engage in the
business of, or solicit business as a security service or make representations to be or
advertise as furnishing security services without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Public Safety.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 22.)
Sec. 29-161h. Qualifications for security service license. Appeal. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety may grant a security service license to any suitable person,
or to any corporation, association or partnership subject to the following qualifications:
The applicant for a license as a security 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 in
a supervisory management capacity in industrial security, or a supervisor within a federal
or state security agency, or within a state or organized municipal police department or
shall have had at least ten years' experience as a police officer with 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.
(b) The commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion, substitute up to one
year of experience for a security service applicant upon proof of satisfactory participation in a course of instruction pertinent to the license applied for.
(c) No license shall be issued to any person who has been (1) convicted of any
felony, (2) convicted of any misdemeanor under section 21a-279, 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d, or equivalent
conviction in another jurisdiction, within the past seven years, (3) convicted of any
offense involving moral turpitude, or (4) discharged from military service under conditions that demonstrate questionable moral character.
(d) Any applicant for a security service or security officer license who has been
denied such license may appeal in writing to the commissioner within thirty days.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 23.)
Sec. 29-161i. Qualifications of corporate stockholders. An application for a license of a corporation may be denied by the Commissioner of Public Safety, or suspended or revoked, if it appears 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.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 24.)
Sec. 29-161j. 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 sections
29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive. If the applicant is a corporation, association or partnership, no person comprising the corporation, association or partnership may be such a
member or person.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 25.)
Sec. 29-161k. Form of application for license. Criminal history records
checks. Fingerprints. Photographs. Trade name. (a) Application for a license as a
security service, shall be made in writing, under oath, on a form to be furnished by the
Commissioner of Public Safety. The application shall state the applicant's full name,
age, date and place of birth, residences and employment within the past five years and
the applicant's 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.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require any applicant for a license
under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. 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. The criminal history records checks required pursuant
to this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(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.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 26.)
Sec. 29-161l. Applicant to post surety bond and provide general liability insurance certificate. (a) Each applicant for a license as a security service shall post with
the Commissioner of Public Safety 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 such principal's license
under the provisions of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive. 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.
(b) Prior to being issued a license, an applicant shall provide a copy of a certificate
of general liability insurance for not less than three hundred thousand dollars. The licensee shall notify the commissioner, in writing, within thirty days of a change of status
in the liability insurance or surety bond required by this section.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 27.)
Sec. 29-161m. Issuance of license. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, of
the good moral 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 of Public Safety may grant a
license to conduct business as a security service 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, a corporation, association or
partnership conducting a security service shall be as a security service. Such license
shall be for a term of two years and application for renewal shall be on a form furnished
by the commissioner. Each licensee shall permit the department to inspect, review or
copy those documents, business records or training records in the licensee's possession
that are required by sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, to be maintained.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 28.)
Sec. 29-161n. License fees. The fee for an individual, association or partnership
licensed as a security service shall, for an original license, be one thousand two hundred
dollars, and for renewal thereof, five hundred dollars every two years. The fee for a
corporation licensed as a security service shall, for an original license, be one thousand
five hundred dollars and for renewal thereof eight hundred dollars every two years. If
a licensee fails to apply for renewal of any license within ninety days after the expiration
thereof, the licensee shall pay for renewal thereof the fee provided for an original license.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 29.)
Sec. 29-161o. Display of license. Immediately upon the receipt of a license certificate issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to section 29-161m, the
licensee shall post and at all times display such license in a conspicuous place at the
licensee's place of business. A copy or duplicate of the license certificate shall be conspicuously posted at each branch or suboffice.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 30.)
History: (Revisor's note: In codifying section 30 of P.A. 04-192, an incorrect reference to "section 23 of this act" was
deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to "section 28 of this act" and therefore cited as "section 29-161m").
Sec. 29-161p. Licensee's identification card. Upon the issuance of a license as
provided in sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, the Commissioner of Public Safety
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 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 the licensed business, which card shall be evidence of due authorization
pursuant to the terms of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive. All persons to whom
such identification cards have been issued shall be responsible for the safe keeping of
the same and shall not lend such identification card to any other person or 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.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 31.)
Sec. 29-161q. Qualifications of employees. License and registsration. Fee. (a)
Any security service may employ as many security officers as the licensee deems necessary for the conduct of the business, provided such employees shall be of good moral
character and at least eighteen years of age.
(b) Any person hired to work as a security officer shall be licensed as a security
officer prior to a security service making application to register the security officer with
the Commissioner of Public Safety. The employee shall complete a minimum of eight
hours training in the following areas: Basic first aid, search and seizure laws and regulations, use of force, basic criminal justice and public safety issues. The training shall be
approved by the commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 29-161x.
(c) Upon successful completion of such training, an employee may submit an application for a license as a security officer on forms furnished by the commissioner and,
under oath, shall give the employee's 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.
The initial application for a license shall be accompanied by two sets of fingerprints of
the employee and the Commissioner of Public Safety shall require any applicant for a
license under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks.
The criminal history records checks required pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. The application for a license 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, taken within six months prior thereto,
and a twenty-dollar licensing fee to be renewed every two years, made payable to the
state. Subject to the provisions of section 46a-80, no person shall be approved for a
license who has been convicted of a felony, any sexual offense or any crime that would
tend to question such person's honesty and integrity, or who has been refused a license
under the provisions of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, 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 licensure,
the commissioner may license the employee as a security officer.
(d) Upon the security officer's successful completion of training and licensing by
the commissioner, or immediately upon hiring a licensed security officer, the security
service shall make application to register such security officer with the commissioner
on forms provided by the commissioner. Such application shall be accompanied by
payment of a twenty-dollar application fee payable to the state. The completed registration form and all related material shall be kept on file with the Division of State Police
within the Department of Public Safety.
(e) The security service shall notify the commissioner within five days of the termination of employment of any registered employee.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 32.)
Sec. 29-161r. Nonuniformed security officers' identification card. The licensee
of a security service shall issue to each nonuniformed security officer employed by such
security service an identification card, of such size, color and design as the Commissioner of Public Safety may prescribe, which card shall contain the name and photograph
of the security officer, the name and business address of the security service, the license
number and expiration date and the certification that the named security officer is employed as a security officer by the security service. Such card shall be carried by the
security officer at all times when engaged in the activities of such security officer's
employer. No person shall hold, possess or show an identification card not authorized
and issued to such person by a licensed employer, or possess such card after termination
of such person's employment with the issuing licensee.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 33.)
Sec. 29-161s. Uniformed employee's insignia. The licensee of a security service
shall issue to each uniformed employee a metal or woven insignia of a design approved
by the Commissioner of Public Safety, with an inscription thereon containing the word
"security", the name of the licensee and an identification number. Such insignia 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. As used in this section, "uniform" means any manner or type of dress of
a particular style and distinctive appearance as distinguished from clothing usually worn
by the public.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 34.)
Sec. 29-161t. Branches and suboffices. Any security service may operate as many
branch or suboffices as the licensee deems necessary to conduct the business properly.
The licensee of the security service shall advise the Commissioner of Public Safety, in
writing, not later than five business days after opening such branch or suboffice for
business, of the location of each branch or suboffice, giving the town or city, street
address and telephone number and the name of the manager of such branch or suboffice.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 35.)
Sec. 29-161u. Investigation of offenses on property guarded by security services. Nothing in sections 29-163g to 29-161x, inclusive, shall preclude a security service from performing the investigation of offenses upon property such security service
is employed to service.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 36.)
Sec. 29-161v. License suspension or revocation. Appeal. Any license for a security service or security officer may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner of
Public Safety, 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 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, or any of the regulations adopted
pursuant to section 29-161x; (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 the license; (4) the licensee has demonstrated incompetence or untrustworthiness in the conduct of the business; or (5) the licensee has been convicted of a felony
or other crime affecting the licensee's honesty, integrity or moral fitness. Any party
aggrieved by an order of the commissioner under this section 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. 04-192, S. 37.)
Sec. 29-161w. Annual list of security services and security officers. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall annually prepare and publish a list of licensed security
services and security officers and distribute copies of such list to the chiefs of police in
Connecticut and to the clerks' offices of the Superior Court and to any licensee upon
request.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 38.)
Sec. 29-161x. Penalties. Regulations. (a) Any person who violates any provision
of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand
dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any person who violates any
provision of section 29-161g shall not be eligible to apply for a license for two years
after the date the penalty was imposed.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt regulations, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 29-161g to 29-161x, inclusive.
(P.A. 04-192, S. 39.)
Sec. 29-161y. (Formerly Sec. 29-161a). Registration of security personnel carrying firearms. Qualifications. Penalty. (a) Any person, firm or corporation may employ as many security officers 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 twenty-one years of age. Each person, firm or corporation shall
make application to register such personnel with the Commissioner of Public Safety
immediately upon their hiring. 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.
(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; P.A. 04-192, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 04-192 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute security officers for guards, watchmen, patrolmen, to increase
minimum age from eighteen to twenty-one years and to make technical changes; Sec. 29-161a transferred to Sec. 29-161y
in 2005.
Sec. 29-161z. (Formerly Sec. 29-161b). Security service personnel to obtain
permit to carry firearms. Firearm safety course. Regulations. Application. Penalty.
License suspension or revocation. Appeal. (a) No employee of a licensed security
service and no employee of a firm or corporation hired to perform security services may
carry a pistol, revolver or other firearm while on duty or directly en route to or from
such employment unless such employee obtains a special permit from the Commissioner
of Public Safety in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. No
licensed security 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.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Safety may grant to any suitable employee of a
licensed security service, or to an employee hired to perform uniformed or nonuniformed
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 such employee 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 such employee has submitted an application and successfully completed such training course immediately following employment. All armed security
officers shall complete such safety course and yearly complete a refresher safety course
approved by the commissioner. 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 have the
same expiration date as the pistol permit issued under subsection (b) of section 29-28
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 security 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; P.A. 04-192, S. 20.)
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;
P.A. 04-192 substituted security service for watchman, guard or patrol service and made technical changes throughout,
amended Subsec. (b) to substitute "uniformed or nonuniformed" security services for watchman or guard services and to
require all armed security officers to complete safety course and yearly complete refresher safety course approved by the
commissioner, and amended Subsec. (c) to require that permit have the same expiration date as the pistol permit issued
under Sec. 29-28(b) in lieu of expiration five years after the date it becomes effective; Sec. 29-161b transferred to Sec.
29-161z in 2005.