CHAPTER 529*
DIVISION OF STATE POLICE

      Sec. 29-1zz. (Formerly Sec. 29-1a). Terms "State Police Commissioner" or "Commissioner of State Police" deemed to mean Commissioner of Public Safety; "State Police Department" deemed to mean Division of State Police. (a) Whenever the term "State Police Commissioner" or "Commissioner of State Police" is used or referred to in the general statutes relating to the duties and responsibilities of said commissioner, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Public Safety.

      (b) Whenever the term "State Police Department" is used or referred to in the general statutes relating to the duties and responsibilities of said department, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety.

      (P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)

      History: Sec. 29-1a transferred to Sec. 29-1zz in 1983.

      Sec. 29-2. Powers of commissioner. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety and shall have all the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman. He shall submit to the Governor an annual report, as provided in section 4-60, setting forth in detail the work of said division. Said commissioner shall prescribe rules for the government of the division and, in any investigation made by him relating to the personnel of the division, may administer oaths and summon witnesses and compel their attendance as provided by law for the attendance of witnesses at court.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3641; June, 1955, S. 1985d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-106, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-180, S. 152, 166.)

      History: P.A. 74-106 deleted provision requiring that general office of the state police department be located in Hartford; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced state police commissioner and department with commissioner of public safety and division of state police within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 96-180 substituted "The Commissioner of Public Safety" for "Said commissioner", effective June 3, 1996.

      See Sec. 7-285 for disposition of articles found or stolen articles recovered.

      See Sec. 29-291 re commissioner's duty to serve as State Fire Marshal.

      Cited. 161 C. 324.

      Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.

      Sec. 29-2a. Legal review of police policies and practices of Division of State Police. The Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General, or their designees who shall be attorneys in their respective offices, shall annually conduct a legal review of the police policies and practices of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, including the policies and procedures relative to the protection of civil liberties. They shall examine all police practices and procedures followed by the Division of State Police and shall select the practices and procedures to be reviewed. Such review may include, but not be limited to: An evaluation of the Division of State Police policies and practices to ensure that they comply with state and federal law; recommendations for changes in those policies or practices to avoid violations of federal and state constitutional, statutory or regulatory provisions; and a summary of recent changes in statutory or case law which may impact on those state police policies and practices. The Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General shall enter into a cooperative agreement which shall define the staffing requirements for the review and the specific process for the completion of the duties required by the provisions of this section. On January 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, the Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General shall submit the review to the Governor, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Auditors of Public Accounts, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Public Safety, the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, and the legislative program review and investigations committee.

      (P.A. 90-120, S. 1, 3.)

      See Sec. 7-294m re instruction concerning new legal developments for police officers with managerial duties.

      Sec. 29-2b. Imposition of traffic ticket quotas prohibited. The Department of Public Safety shall not impose any quota with respect to the issuance of summonses for motor vehicle violations upon any policeman in said department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit said department from using data concerning the issuance of summonses in the evaluation of an individual's work performance provided such data is not the exclusive means of evaluating such performance. As used in this section, "quota" means a specified number of summonses for motor vehicle violations to be issued within a specified period of time.

      (P.A. 91-222, S. 1, 3.)

      Sec. 29-3. "State policeman" defined. "State policeman" or "state policemen", wherever used in the general statutes, shall, unless otherwise indicated by the context, include a state policewoman or state policewomen.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3642.)

      Sec. 29-3a. Educational qualifications. After graduation from the State Police Training Academy, and before becoming a sworn member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, all state police trainees shall have received a high school diploma or an equivalent approved by the state Department of Education. Nothing in this section shall prohibit prospective state police applicants from being admitted to the State Police Training Academy without having received either the high school diploma or equivalent.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 48, 55.)

      Sec. 29-3b. Report on personnel projections for state police force. On or before January 15, 1994, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, and the Department of Public Safety relative to personnel projections for the state police force and shall inform such committees of the need to authorize a class for trooper trainees.

      (P.A. 93-348, S. 7, 8.)

      History: P.A. 93-348 effective July 1, 1993.

      Sec. 29-4. State police force. Criminal Intelligence Division and state-wide organized crime investigative task force. Motor patrol. On and after January 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall appoint and maintain a minimum of one thousand two hundred forty-eight sworn state police personnel to efficiently maintain the operation of the division. On or after June 6, 1990, the commissioner shall appoint from among such personnel not more than three lieutenant colonels who shall be in the unclassified service as provided in section 5-198. Any permanent employee in the classified service who accepts appointment to the position of lieutenant colonel in the unclassified service may return to the classified service at such employee's former rank. The position of major in the classified service shall be abolished on July 1, 1999, but any existing position of major in the classified service may continue until termination of service. The commissioner shall appoint not more than seven majors who shall be in the unclassified service as provided in section 5-198. Any permanent employee in the classified service who accepts appointment to the position of major in the unclassified service may return to the classified service at such permanent employee's former rank. The commissioner, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, shall appoint such numbers of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, detectives and corporals as the commissioner deems necessary to officer efficiently the state police force. The commissioner may appoint a Deputy State Fire Marshal who shall be in the unclassified service as provided in section 5-198. Any permanent employee in the classified service who accepts appointment to the position of Deputy State Fire Marshal in the unclassified service may return to the classified service at such employee's former rank, class or grade, whichever is applicable. The commissioner shall establish such divisions as the commissioner deems necessary for effective operation of the state police force and consistent with budgetary allotments, a Criminal Intelligence Division and a state-wide organized crime investigative task force to be engaged throughout the state for the purpose of preventing and detecting any violation of the criminal law. The head of the Criminal Intelligence Division shall be of the rank of sergeant or above. The head of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be a police officer. Salaries of the members of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services as provided in section 4-40. Subsistence shall be maintained for state police personnel at the expense of the state, and said police personnel shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in the performance of official duty. Said police personnel may be promoted, demoted, suspended or removed by the commissioner, but no final dismissal from the service shall be ordered until a hearing has been had before said commissioner on charges preferred against such officer. Each state police officer shall, before entering upon such officer's duties, be sworn to the faithful performance of such duties. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall designate an adequate patrol force for motor patrol work exclusively.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3643; 1953, June, 1955, S. 1986d; 1957, P.A. 431, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 565, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 633, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 250; 290, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 127, S. 1; 440; 527; 1969, P.A. 587, S. 1; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 13; P.A. 73-374, S. 1, 2; 73-592, S. 1, 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 67, 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 82-201, S. 1, 4; P.A. 90-337, S. 2, 8; P.A. 92-130, S. 3, 10; P.A. 98-151; P.A. 99-163, S. 1, 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 174; P.A. 06-151, S. 4.)

      History: 1961 act provided for appointment of additional major in accordance with Sec. 29-58; 1963 act increased number of state policemen to be appointed from four hundred fifty to five hundred; 1965 acts authorized appointment of additional major from the detective division and increased number of policemen to be appointed to five hundred ninety; 1967 acts authorized creation of criminal intelligence division, required that lieutenant colonel be appointed as executive officer, authorized appointment of corporals, increased number of policemen to be appointed to six hundred sixty-five and specified that a captain will head the criminal intelligence division; 1969 act increased number of policemen to be appointed to seven hundred sixty-five; 1972 act increased number of policemen to be appointed to eight hundred and ten men; P.A. 73-374 replaced specific number of appointees with requirement that an adequate number be appointed to efficiently maintain department's operation, similarly replaced listing of required divisions and required numbers of police for motor patrol work with more general statements, deleted references to appointment of "detective sergeants", to specific majors, i.e. one appointed in accordance with Sec. 29-58 and one from detective division, and to motion picture inspectors and replaced references to policemen and policewomen with references to police personnel and officers; P.A. 73-592 reestablished criminal intelligence division, established state-wide organized crime investigative task force and specified who is qualified to head the division and task force; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced personnel policy board with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety; P.A. 82-201 removed reference to appointment of task force head in accordance with Sec. 29-165, that section having been repealed by the same act; P.A. 90-337 required commissioner to appoint not more than two lieutenant colonels in unclassified service; permitted such lieutenant colonels to return to former rank in classified service; abolished position of lieutenant colonel in classified service on April 1, 1991, and required head of state-wide organized crime investigative task force to be police officer; P.A. 92-130 authorized commissioner to appoint a deputy state fire marshal in unclassified service and permitted such official to return to classified service at his former rank, class or grade, deleting provision authorizing commissioner to detail an officer as deputy fire marshal; P.A. 98-151 required the commissioner to appoint and maintain a minimum of one thousand two hundred forty eight sworn state police personnel by July 1, 2001; P.A. 99-163 deleted obsolete provision re abolition of position of lieutenant colonel, abolished the position of major in the classified service, and required the commissioner to appoint eight majors, who shall be in the unclassified service, effective July 1, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced "By July 1, 2001" with "On and after January 1, 2006" re minimum number of sworn personnel, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 06-151 increased the number of permitted appointed lieutenant colonels from two to three and decreased the number of permitted appointed majors from eight to seven.

      See Sec. 5-246 re state police workweek.

      See Sec. 27-107 re state police on duty at Veterans' Home.

      See Sec. 29-291 re delegation of powers to state police in matters pertaining to fire hazards, fire prevention and fire safety.

      Cited. 166 C. 81.

      Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.

      Sec. 29-4a. Death or disability from hypertension or heart disease. Compensation. Any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the performance of his duty and shall be compensable in accordance with the provisions of section 5-142 for a period of three months. If, at the end of that period, the administrator of the state's workers' compensation claims wishes to contest whether the disability occurred in the actual performance of police duty as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-142, he shall notify the member of his decision. The member or the employee organization may then bring the matter before the workers' compensation commissioner of the appropriate district to determine if the disability is compensable under chapter 568 or subsection (a) of section 5-142. A member who has suffered such total or partial disability shall have the right to elect to receive either (1) the compensation indicated in section 5-142, or (2) the benefits produced under chapter 568 and the state employees retirement system, but not both. The provisions of subsection (a) of section 5-142 shall apply with regard to the timing of such election.

      (1959, P.A. 246, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 85-510, S. 1, 35.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-510 added provisions re compensation for disability and deleted provision that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the provisions of chapter 568.

      State police trooper employed by Department of Public Safety does not have an election of remedies as between Secs. 5-145a and 29-4a; rather, trooper must proceed under Sec. 29-4a. 70 CA 321.

      Sec. 29-5. Resident state policemen for towns without police force. The Commissioner of Public Safety may, within available appropriations, appoint suitable persons from the regular state police force as resident state policemen in addition to the regular state police force to be employed and empowered as state policemen in any town or two or more adjoining towns lacking an organized police force, and such officers may be detailed by said commissioner as resident state policemen for regular assignment to such towns, provided each town shall pay sixty per cent of the cost of compensation, maintenance and other expenses of the state policemen detailed to such town, and on and after July 1, 1992, each town shall pay seventy per cent of such cost and other expenses. Such town or towns and the Commissioner of Public Safety are authorized to enter into agreements and contracts for such police services, with the approval of the Attorney General, for periods not exceeding two years. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall exercise such supervision and direction over any resident policeman so appointed as he deems necessary, and each appointee shall be required to conform to the requirements of chapter 67. Each resident state policeman shall have the same powers as officers of the regular state police force and be entitled to the same rights and subject to the same rules and regulations as the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3647; 1951, 1955, S. 1987d; 1957, P.A. 60; 1959, P.A. 361; 1961, P.A. 606; February, 1965, P.A. 290, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 544, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 602; P.A. 73-6, S. 1, 2; 73-416; P.A. 77-513; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 85-202; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 49, 55; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12, S. 8, 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 10, 11.)

      History: 1959 act increased number of resident police to thirty; 1961 act to thirty-six; 1965 act increased maximum number of resident state policemen appointed from thirty-six to forty-six; 1967 act increased maximum number to fifty-five; 1969 act increased maximum number to sixty; P.A. 73-6 authorized contracting for police services "for periods not exceeding two years" where previously such contracts were specified as two-year periods without exception or allowance for lesser periods of time; P.A. 73-416 increased maximum number of resident state police to sixty-eight; P.A. 77-513 specified that town pay sixty per cent of resident state policemen's salaries rather than "an equitable share"; P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-202 deleted language limiting the maximum number of resident state policemen to sixty-eight and provided that appointments be made within available appropriations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 increased town payments for resident state troopers from sixty per cent to seventy per cent of the state's cost beginning July 1, 1992; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12 increased town's share of costs and other expenses of resident state policemen from seventy to seventy-five per cent; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14 decreased town's share of costs and other expenses of resident state policemen from seventy-five to seventy per cent.

      Cited. 196 C. 623.

      Secs. 29-5a to 29-5e. Reserved for future use.

      Sec. 29-5f. Temporary promotions for commissioner's aide and Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard. Validation of previous promotions. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Public Safety, consistent with budgetary allotments, may (1) promote two state policemen to the rank of sergeant to serve in the position of commissioner's aide, and (2) upon the request of the Governor, promote two state policemen to the rank of sergeant to serve in the position of Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard. Such policemen appointed to the position of commissioner's aide shall retain the rank of sergeant after the commissioner's term of office expires or upon the commissioner's removal, resignation or failure to complete his term of office until such policemen have the opportunity to qualify at the examination given for the position of sergeant following the conclusion of such assignment. Such policemen appointed to the position of Governor's chauffeur-bodyguard shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall retain the rank of sergeant upon conclusion of such assignment until such policemen have the opportunity to qualify at the examination given for the position of sergeant following the conclusion of such assignment. In the event any such policeman does not qualify for promotion to the rank of sergeant he shall return to his permanent civil service rank. Any such promotion of any state policeman by the Commissioner of Public Safety or by the Commissioner of State Police prior to November 1, 1990, is validated and such policeman shall retain the rank held during such assignment.

      (P.A. 83-46, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-337, S. 5, 8; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 1, 2.)

      History: P.A. 90-337 amended (1) Subdiv. (1) to increase from one to two the number of state policemen promoted to sergeant to serve as commissioner's aide, and (2) provision re validation to change date from May 4, 1983, to November 1, 1990; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 amended section to provide that any state policeman serving as commissioner's aide or governor's chauffeur-bodyguard who is promoted to sergeant in connection with such service shall retain the rank of sergeant after the commissioner ceases to hold office or after his assignment as governor's chauffeur-bodyguard concludes until he has an opportunity to qualify at the next sergeant's examination and if he fails to qualify for promotion to sergeant he shall return to his permanent civil service rank, effective December 13, 1994.

      Sec. 29-6. Uniforms and equipment. The entire state police force shall be uniformed and equipped with arms and motor vehicles in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; but it shall be within his discretion to dispense with the uniform in the performance of special duty.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3649.)

      Sec. 29-6a. Use of official hat and insignia of state police. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall cause to be filed with the Secretary of the State a drawing or photograph and a worded description of the official hat and insignia to be worn by state policemen while on duty.

      (b) Thereafter no policeman shall wear or use in public such official hat or insignia, or any imitation, reproduction or facsimile thereof, except a duly appointed member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety authorized by the Commissioner of Public Safety to wear such hat or insignia.

      (c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

      (1967, P.A. 594; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      Sec. 29-6b. Fire suppression systems for patrol cars. Not later than January 1, 2007, each vehicle purchased for use primarily as a patrol car by a state police officer shall be equipped with a manufacturer-installed fire suppression system. For purposes of this section, "fire suppression system" means a system that is integrated into the structure and electrical architecture of a vehicle and (1) uses sensors to measure post-impact vehicle movement to determine the optimal time to deploy chemicals designed to suppress the spread of fire or extinguish a fire resulting from a high-speed rear-end collision, and (2) may be activated both manually and automatically.

      (P.A. 04-133, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 49.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 required each vehicle purchased for use primarily as a patrol car by a state police officer to be equipped with a fire suppression system not later than January 1, 2007, deleting reference to former date "on or after January 1, 2006", effective July 1, 2005.

      Sec. 29-7. Powers and duties of force. Barracks. The Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, upon its initiative, or when requested by any person, shall, whenever practical, assist in or assume the investigation, detection and prosecution of any criminal matter or alleged violation of law. All state policemen shall have, in any part of the state, the same powers with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law relating thereto as policemen or constables have in their respective jurisdictions. Said commissioner shall devise and make effective a system of police patrols throughout the state, exclusive of cities and boroughs, for the purpose of preventing or detecting any violation of the criminal law or any law relating to motor vehicles and shall establish and maintain such barracks or substations as may prove necessary to accomplish such purpose.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3650; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 66; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 00-99, S. 73, 154.)

      History: 1961 act deleted reference to municipal courts; P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000.

      See Sec. 7-282b re installation and connection of automatic calling devices.

      See Sec. 54-1f re authority of state police to make arrests without warrants.

      Cited. 196 C. 623. Cited. 197 C. 507. Cited. 202 C. 158. Cited. 227 C. 363.

      Presumption exists that commissioner used reasonable discretion in selecting particular radar unit. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.

      Sec. 29-7a. Establishment of sex crimes analysis unit. Section 29-7a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.

      (P.A. 75-553, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 85-613, S. 67, 154; P.A. 93-340, S. 18, 19.)

      Sec. 29-7b. Division of Scientific Services. (a) There shall be within the Department of Public Safety a Division of Scientific Services. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall serve as administrative head of such division, and may delegate jurisdiction over the affairs of such division to a deputy commissioner.

      (b) The Division of Scientific Services shall provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies in the various areas of scientific investigation. The division shall maintain facilities and services for the examination and analysis of evidentiary materials in areas including, but not limited to, chemistry, arson, firearms, questioned documents, microscopy, serology, toxicology, trace evidence, latent fingerprints, impressions and other similar technology. The facilities, services and personnel of the division shall be available, without charge, to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and all duly constituted prosecuting, police and investigating agencies of the state.

      (c) The Division of Scientific Services: (1) May investigate any physical evidence or evidentiary material related to a crime upon the request of any federal, state or local agency, (2) may conduct or assist in the scientific field investigation at the scene of a crime and provide other technical assistance and training in the various fields of scientific criminal investigation upon request, (3) shall assure the safe custody of evidence during examination, (4) shall forward a written report of the results of an examination of evidence to the agency submitting such evidence, (5) shall render expert court testimony when requested, and (6) shall conduct ongoing research in the areas of the forensic sciences. The Commissioner of Public Safety or a deputy commissioner designated by the commissioner shall be in charge of the Division of Scientific Services operations and shall establish and maintain a system of case priorities and a procedure for submission of evidence and evidentiary security.

      (d) In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39, all powers and duties of the Department of Public Health under the provisions of sections 14-227a, 14-227c, 15-140u and 21a-283 shall be transferred to the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Public Safety.

      (P.A. 83-66, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-218, S. 1, 16.)

      History: P.A. 99-218 replaced former Subsec. (a) which had created the Forensic Science Laboratory with new provisions creating the Division of Scientific Services, made remaining part of former Subsec. (a) a new Subsec. (b), specified in Subsec. (b) that the division would be available without charge to certain agencies, redesignated former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), provided in Subsec. (c) for the commissioner or a deputy commissioner to head the division, and added Subsec. (d) which specified the transfer of certain Department of Public Health powers and duties to the division, effective July 1, 1999.

      See Sec. 29-7h re duties concerning firearms evidence databank.

      See Secs. 54-102g to 54-102l, inclusive, re duties concerning DNA analysis and establishment and maintenance of DNA databank.

      Sec. 29-7c. Legalized gambling investigative unit. There is established a unit in the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety to be known as the legalized gambling investigative unit. The unit, in conjunction with the special policemen in the Division of Special Revenue, shall be responsible for (1) the criminal enforcement of the provisions of chapters 226 and 226b, and (2) the investigation, detection of and assistance in the prosecution of any criminal matter or alleged violation of criminal law with respect to legalized gambling, provided the legalized gambling investigative unit shall be the primary criminal enforcement agency. Nothing in this section shall limit the powers granted to persons appointed to act as special policemen in accordance with the provisions of section 29-18c.

      (P.A. 86-419, S. 23.)

      Secs. 29-7d to 29-7g. Reserved for future use.

      Sec. 29-7h. Firearms evidence databank. (a) As used in this section:

      (1) "Firearms evidence databank" means a computer-based system that scans a test fire and stores an image of such test fire in a manner suitable for retrieval and comparison to other test fires and to other evidence in a case;

      (2) "Handgun" means any firearm capable of firing rim-fire or center-fire ammunition and designed or built to be fired with one hand;

      (3) "Laboratory" means the Division of Scientific Services forensic science laboratory within the Department of Public Safety;

      (4) "Police department" means the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety or an organized local police department;

      (5) "Test fire" means discharged ammunition consisting of a cartridge case or a bullet or a fragment thereof, collected after a handgun is fired and containing sufficient microscopical characteristics to compare to other discharged ammunition or to determine the handgun from which the ammunition was fired.

      (b) (1) The Division of Scientific Services shall establish a firearms evidence databank. Test fire evidence submitted to the laboratory or collected from handguns submitted to the laboratory shall be entered into such databank in accordance with specific procedures adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety, in the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.

      (2) The firearms evidence databank may be used by laboratory personnel to (A) compare two or more cartridge cases, bullets or other projectiles submitted to the laboratory or produced at the laboratory from a handgun, or (B) upon the request of a police department as part of a criminal case investigation, verify by microscopic examination any resulting match, and shall produce a report stating the results of such a search.

      (3) Any image of a cartridge case, bullet or fragment thereof that is not matched by a search of the databank shall be stored in the databank for future searches.

      (4) The Division of Scientific Services may permit a firearms section of a police department that complies with all laboratory guidelines and regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of this section regarding the operation of the firearms evidence databank to (A) collect test fires from handguns that come into the custody of the police department, (B) set up a remote terminal to enter test fire images directly into the databank, and (C) search the databank.

      (c) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section and subsection (d) of this section, a police department shall submit to the laboratory any handgun that comes into police custody as the result of a criminal investigation, as found property, or for destruction, prior to the return or the destruction of the handgun.

      (2) The laboratory shall collect a test fire from each submitted handgun within sixty days of submission. The laboratory shall label the test fire with the handgun manufacturer, type of weapon, serial number, date of the test fire and name of the person collecting the test fire.

      (d) (1) A police department shall collect a test fire from every handgun issued by that department to an employee not later than six months after October 1, 2001. On and after October 1, 2001, a police department shall collect a test fire from every handgun to be issued by that department before the handgun is so issued. Any police department may request the assistance of the Division of State Police or the laboratory to collect a test fire.

      (2) The police department shall seal the test fire in a tamper-evident manner and label the package with the handgun manufacturer, handgun type, serial number and the name of the person collecting the test fire. The police department shall submit the test fire and two intact cartridges of the same type of ammunition used for the test fire to the laboratory.

      (e) The laboratory may share the information in the firearms evidence databank with other law enforcement agencies, both within and outside the state, and may participate in a national firearms evidence databank program.

      (f) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (P.A. 01-130, S. 10.)

      Secs. 29-7i to 29-7l. Reserved for future use.

      Sec. 29-7m. Record and classification of crimes motivated by bigotry or bias. (a) On and after July 1, 1988, the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are motivated by bigotry or bias.

      (b) The police department, resident state trooper or constable who performs law enforcement duties for each town shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed within such town which are violations of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l and report such information to the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety.

      (P.A. 87-279, S. 1, 3; P.A. 97-18; P.A. 00-72, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 97-18 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended said Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and added Subsec. (b) to require local law enforcement agencies to monitor, record and classify all violations of Sec. 53a-181b and report such information to the Division of State Police; P.A. 00-72 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to "section 53a-181b" with reference to "section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l".

      Sec. 29-7n. Record and classification of gang-related crimes. (a) For the purposes of sections 7-294l and 7-294x, subsection (a) of section 10-16b, subsection (b) of this section and sections 3 and 8 of public act 93-416*, "gang" means a group of juveniles or youths who, acting in concert with each other, or with adults, engage in illegal activities.

      (b) On and after July 1, 1994, the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall monitor, record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are gang-related in accordance with the provisions of section 29-1c.

      (P.A. 93-416, S. 1, 2, 10; P.A. 06-196, S. 158.)

      *Note: Sections 3 and 8 of public act 93-416 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

      History: P.A. 93-416 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006.

      Sec. 29-8. Riots. Immunities. In case of riot or civil commotion in any part of the state, the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, on order of the Governor, shall use its best efforts to suppress the same. In the event of such participation by the Division of State Police in the suppression of any riot or similar disorder, the same immunities and privileges as apply to the organized militia shall apply to the members of said division.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3651; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 108; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)

      History: 1971 act deleted requirement that "preliminary warning as prescribed in section 53-169" be given to persons "assembled against the peace" before police suppress riot or civil commotion; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      See Sec. 27-60 re limited liability and immunity from arrest of militia.

      Sec. 29-8a. Indemnification of state police, State Capitol police and certain special police in civil rights actions. Fees and costs. (a) The state shall protect and save harmless any state policeman from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of the alleged deprivation by such state policeman of any person's civil rights, which deprivation was not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such state policeman, at the time of the acts resulting in such alleged deprivation, was acting in the discharge of his duties or within the scope of his employment or under the direction of a superior officer.

      (b) Legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention, by any state policeman, of an attorney to represent his interests in any action referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be borne by the state only in those cases in which (1) such state policeman is ultimately found not to have acted in a wanton, reckless or malicious manner or (2) no punitive damages are ultimately assessed against such state policeman.

      (c) As used in this section, state policeman includes a member of the Office of State Capitol Police or any person appointed under section 29-18 as a special policeman for the State Capitol building and grounds, the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and related structures and facilities, and other areas under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.

      (P.A. 73-617, S. 1; P.A. 80-33, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-450, S. 1; P.A. 84-48, S. 15, 17; P.A. 89-82, S. 9, 11; P.A. 96-219, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 80-33 added Subsec. (c) to specify that provisions are applicable to capitol security officers and special policemen for state capitol building and grounds; P.A. 81-450 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) allowing state's payment of policeman's legal fees and costs when attorney general has recommended that policeman obtain attorney's services in cases where attorney general is of the opinion that state's interests differ from those of policeman and added provision whereby state pays for legal costs if no punitive damages are assessed against policeman; P.A. 84-48 inserted reference to special policemen for other areas under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 89-82 expanded reference in Subsec. (c) to state capitol building and grounds to include legislative office building and parking garage and related structures and facilities; P.A. 96-219 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the name of the "Office of Capitol Security" to the "Office of State Capitol Police".

      Sec. 29-9. Acceptance or offering of gifts or rewards by or to state or local police. (a) Any state police officer appointed as provided in section 29-4, any police officer of any city, town or borough and any person having the power of arrest who, directly or indirectly, receives a reward, gift or gratuity for the purpose of influencing his behavior in office, or any person who gives, offers or promises to a police officer or any person having the power of arrest any reward, gift or gratuity with the intent to influence his behavior in office, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both, and the police officer shall be dishonorably discharged from the Division of State Police or from the police department.

      (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to rewards, gifts or gratuities which are approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety, or the police chief or board of police commissioners, as the case may be, and are given to the police officer on account of his official services.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3648; 1967, P.A. 409, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 05-288, S. 127.)

      History: 1967 act extended applicability of provisions to include police officers of cities, towns or boroughs and to all persons having power to make arrests and to persons who offer, give or promise rewards, gifts or gratuities with intent to influence an officer's behavior, moved commissioner's power to approve rewards, gifts or gratuities to new Subsec. (b) and extended that power to police chiefs and boards of police commissioners; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.

      Cited. 172 C. 458. Offense of offering a gratuity requires element of proof, specific intent, which is not needed to prove greater offense of bribery. Id. This section not a lesser included offense to Sec. 53a-147, and acceptance of guilty plea to this section was a nullity. Id., 608. Offense under this section is not a lesser included offense within Sec. 53a-148. 201 C. 379. Cited. 208 C. 411. Cited. 229 C. 479.

      Statute is not a lesser included offense of Sec. 53a-148. 5 CA 125.

      Sec. 29-10. Commissioner may delegate authority. Any person may, and any policeman, with the consent of the authority to which he is subject, shall, go to any part of the state when required by the Commissioner of Public Safety, and, while so acting under the authority of the commissioner, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen and shall be paid such sum as is fixed by said commissioner.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3652; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 00-99, S. 74, 154.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced state police commissioner with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to deputy sheriff, effective December 1, 2000.

      Sec. 29-10a. Use of state police rifle ranges by civilian rifle clubs. Civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of the United States and members of organized police departments may be permitted to use the outdoor and indoor rifle and pistol ranges belonging to, or under the control of, the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety for practice with small arms in accordance with such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Safety may prescribe, provided such use of any rifle or pistol range shall at no time interfere with the instruction or practice of members of the Division of State Police.

      (1967, P.A. 443; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      Sec. 29-10b. Fees for searches and copies. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall charge the following fees for the item or service indicated:

      (1) Each search of the record files made pursuant to a request for a copy of an accident or investigative report which results in no document being produced, six dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993, eight dollars.

      (2) Each copy of an accident or investigative report, six dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993, eight dollars.

      (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 56, 117.)

      Sec. 29-10c. Accident records of state police. Any memorandum, sketch, chart, written statement, report or photograph obtained, prepared or created by the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety in the investigation of any accident wherein any person has been injured or property damaged shall be preserved and retained for a period of at least ten years from the date of such accident. Subsequent to the final disposition of any criminal action arising out of an accident, the records hereinbefore specified and the information contained therein shall be open to public inspection, except that such records shall be available to any person involved in the accident subsequent to the issuance of a warrant or summons in such action.

      (P.A. 97-12.)

      Sec. 29-11. State Police Bureau of Identification. Fees. (a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety known as the State Police Bureau of Identification shall be maintained for the purposes (1) of providing an authentic record of each person sixteen years of age or over who is charged with the commission of any crime involving moral turpitude, (2) of providing definite information relative to the identity of each person so arrested, (3) of providing a record of the final judgment of the court resulting from such arrest, unless such record has been erased pursuant to section 54-142a, and (4) for maintaining a central repository of complete criminal history record disposition information. The Commissioner of Public Safety is directed to maintain the State Police Bureau of Identification, which bureau shall receive, classify and file in an orderly manner all fingerprints, pictures and descriptions, including previous criminal records as far as known of all persons so arrested, and shall classify and file in a like manner all identification material and records received from the government of the United States and from the various state governments and subdivisions thereof, and shall cooperate with such governmental units in the exchange of information relative to criminals. The State Police Bureau of Identification shall accept fingerprints of applicants for admission to the bar of the state and, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall exchange state, multistate and federal criminal history records with the State Bar Examining Committee for purposes of investigation of the qualifications of any applicant for admission as an attorney under section 51-80. The record of all arrests reported to the bureau after March 16, 1976, shall contain information of any disposition within ninety days after the disposition has occurred.

      (b) Any cost incurred by the State Police Bureau of Identification in conducting any name search and fingerprinting of applicants for admission to the bar of the state shall be paid from fees collected by the State Bar Examining Committee.

      (c) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall charge the following fees for the service indicated: (1) Name search, eighteen dollars; (2) fingerprint search, twenty-five dollars; (3) personal record search, twenty-five dollars; (4) letters of good conduct search, twenty-five dollars; (5) bar association search, twenty-five dollars; (6) fingerprinting, five dollars; (7) criminal history record information search, twenty-five dollars. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any federal, state or municipal agency.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3653; P.A. 76-333, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-200, S. 3; P.A. 90-151, S. 1, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 55, 117; P.A. 94-117, S. 3; P.A. 98-170.)

      History: P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in references to "state police bureau of identification"; P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-200 set off purposes for maintaining identification bureau with Subdiv. indicators, substituted "sixteen years of age or over" for "over sixteen years of age" in Subdiv. (1), added reference to erasure of records in Subdiv. (3), added new Subdiv. (4) re central repository of criminal history record disposition information and required that arrest records contain disposition information within ninety days of disposition after March 16, 1976; P.A. 90-151 added provisions re acceptance of fingerprints of applicants for admission to the bar and exchange of criminal history records with the bar examining committee; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 added new Subsec. (c) to establish fees for name search, fingerprint search, personal record search, letters of good conduct, bar association search and fingerprinting; P.A. 94-117 amended Subsec. (c) by adding fee of fifteen dollars for criminal history record search and ten dollars for each copy of a search; P.A. 98-170 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing the fee for a name search to eighteen dollars and the fees for a fingerprint search, personal record search, letters of good conduct search, bar association search or criminal history record information search to twenty-five dollars and by deleting fee for copies of searches.

      Cited. 196 C. 430.

      Cited. 40 CA 705; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 590.

      Subsec. (c):

      Since request for digital copy of information for every adult in data base of Department of Correction not a request for criminal history information under statute, fee for information established under Sec. 1-211(a). 261 C. 86.

      Sec. 29-11a. State police to report arrests to Bureau of Identification. Any state police officer who makes an arrest of a person shall, without delay, report the record of such arrest to the State Police Bureau of Identification. For the purposes of this section, "record of such arrest" means the name and address of the person arrested, the date, time and place of the arrest and the offense for which the person was arrested.

      (P.A. 83-272, S. 2.)

      Sec. 29-12. Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested persons. Regulations. (a) All persons arrested for crime as described in section 29-11 shall submit to the taking of their fingerprints, photograph and physical description and all constables and chiefs of police of organized police departments and the commanding officers of state police stations shall immediately furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification two copies of a standard identification card on which shall be imprinted fingerprints of each person so arrested, together with the physical description of, and such information as said bureau may require with respect to, such arrested person. In the event fingerprint or photographic images of arrested persons are captured by electronic means, the captured electronic images shall be immediately transmitted to said bureau. Any electronic imaging equipment used to capture such fingerprint or photographic images shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety or said commissioner's designee.

      (b) All wardens of correctional institutions and the Community Correctional Center Administrator shall furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification such information with respect to prisoners as said bureau requires.

      (c) The Commissioner of Public Safety may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the submission to and the taking of fingerprints as required under this section which will promote efficiency and be consistent with advances in automation and technology.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3654; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 76-333, S. 2; P.A. 78-200, S. 4; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 87-282, S. 18; P.A. 00-99, S. 75, 154; P.A. 05-52, S. 1; P.A. 06-111, S. 1.)

      History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in reference to "state police bureau of identification"; P.A. 78-200 authorized state police commissioner to adopt regulations re fingerprinting; P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police in keeping with changes enacted by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 87-282 deleted reference to "superintendents of correctional institutions"; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 05-52 divided section into Subsecs. (a) to (c), inserting in Subsec. (a) requirement that arrested persons submit to taking of photograph and provisions re fingerprint or photographic images of arrested persons captured by electronic means and re approval of electronic imaging equipment used therefor, and in Subsec. (c) requirement that regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54; P.A. 06-111 deleted photograph requirement for identification cards in Subsec. (a), effective June 2, 2006.

      Cited. 196 C. 430.

      Sec. 29-12a. Maintenance of fingerprints in electronic format. Destruction of paper copy. (a) The State Police Bureau of Identification may maintain the fingerprints of arrested persons received pursuant to section 29-12 and of persons who have submitted fingerprints in connection with a criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a in an electronic format in lieu of a paper format.

      (b) Whenever the bureau converts fingerprints contained in its files from a paper format to an electronic format, it may destroy the paper copy of such fingerprints.

      (P.A. 06-111, S. 2; 06-187, S. 43.)

      History: P.A. 06-111 and 06-187 both contained identical provisions, effective July 1, 2006.

      Sec. 29-13. Notice of judgments. When the criminal charge against a person who has been arrested and fingerprinted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is disposed of in any court, the clerk of such court shall, within three days, notify the State Police Bureau of Identification of the judgment of the court on printed forms provided by said bureau.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3655; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 62; P.A. 76-333, S. 3.)

      History: 1959 act removed references to trial justices; P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in reference to "state police bureau of identification".

      Sec. 29-14. Duties of bureau. Said bureau shall, on the receipt of any such identification card, immediately cause the files to be examined and shall promptly return to the police department or peace officer submitting such identification card a true transcript of the record of previous crimes committed by the person described on each such identification card, and said bureau shall assist police and prosecuting officials in the preparation and distribution of circulars relative to fugitives when so requested. When an arrest is made by an officer of a police department or other peace officer who is not equipped with necessary paraphernalia or skilled in the art of taking fingerprints and proper descriptions of criminals, he may call on the State Police Bureau of Identification or on the nearest state police station for assistance and any officer or officers so called shall render such assistance immediately.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3656; P.A. 76-333, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in reference to "state police bureau of identification".

      Sec. 29-15. Return or destruction of fingerprints, photograph and physical description. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, whenever any person, having no record of prior criminal conviction, whose fingerprints, photograph and physical description are so filed has been found not guilty of the offense charged, or has had such charge dismissed or nolled, such person's fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data and all copies and duplicates thereof, shall, be returned to such person not later than sixty days after the finding of not guilty or after such dismissal or in the case of a nolle within sixty days after thirteen months of such nolle.

      (2) Whenever any person, having no record of prior criminal conviction, whose fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data has been filed and stored in an electronic format, has been found not guilty of the offense charged, or has had such charge dismissed or nolled, such electronically stored images and data shall be permanently deleted and any paper copy of such fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates thereof, shall be destroyed not later than sixty days after the finding of not guilty or after such dismissal or in the case of a nolle within sixty days after thirteen months of such nolle.

      (b) Any person having no record of prior criminal conviction whose fingerprints and pictures are so filed, who has been found not guilty of the offense charged or has had such charge dismissed or nolled prior to October 1, 1974, may, upon application to the person charged with the retention and control of such identification data at the State Police Bureau of Identification, have his fingerprints, pictures and description and other identification data and all copies and duplicates thereof, returned to him not later than sixty days after the filing of such application provided in the case of a nolle, such nolle shall have occurred thirteen months prior to filing of such application.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3657; 1949, S. 1988d; P.A. 74-163, S. 4; P.A. 75-567, S. 72, 80; P.A. 78-200, S. 5; P.A. 06-111, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 74-163 rephrased previous provisions for clarity, adding reference to dismissed charges and added Subsec. (b); P.A. 75-567 made technical change, adding "when" after date in Subsec. (a); P.A. 78-200 substituted persons "charged with retention and control of such identification data" at bureau of identification for clerk of the court; P.A. 06-111 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and replace "pictures" with "photograph", add references to "physical description" and make technical changes therein, and to add new provision re electronic storage as Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2006.

      Fingerprints, pictures and descriptions and other identification data regulated by this statute are not among records whose disclosure is governed by Sec. 54-142a. 192 C. 488. Cited. 237 C. 501.

      Sec. 29-16. Use of information. Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g, contained in the files of the State Police Bureau of Identification, shall be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of section 54-142k. All information contained in the files of the State Police Bureau of Identification relative to criminal records and personal history of persons convicted of crime shall be available at all times to all peace officers engaged in the detection of crime, to all prosecuting officials and probation officers for the purpose of furthering the ends of public justice and to the State Bar Examining Committee for the purpose of ensuring that those individuals admitted to the practice of law are of the highest quality.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3658; P.A. 76-333, S. 5; P.A. 85-121; P.A. 94-117, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in references to "state police bureau of identification"; P.A. 85-121 made criminal record history information available to state bar examining committee; P.A. 94-117 amended section by deleting "Information" and substituting "Conviction information, as defined in subsection (c) of section 54-142g," removing provision re privileged information available only through court order and inserted provision that conviction information shall be available to public in accordance with Sec. 54-142k.

      Sec. 29-17. Penalty. Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the requirements of sections 29-11 to 29-16, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3659.)

      Cited. 196 C. 430.

      Cited. 1 CA 697.

      Sec. 29-17a. Criminal history records checks. Procedure. Fees. (a) If a criminal history records check is required pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, such check shall be requested from the State Police Bureau of Identification and shall be applicable to the individual identified in the request. The requesting party shall arrange for the fingerprinting of the individual or for conducting any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification and, if a national criminal history records check is requested, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fingerprints or other positive identifying information shall be forwarded to the State Police Bureau of Identification which shall conduct a state criminal history records check. If a national criminal history records check is requested, the State Police Bureau of Identification shall submit the fingerprints or other positive identifying information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check, unless the Federal Bureau of Investigation permits direct submission of the fingerprints or other positive identifying information by the requesting party.

      (b) The Commissioner of Public Safety may charge fees for conducting criminal history background checks as follows:

      (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for a person requesting (A) a state criminal history records check, the fee charged by the Department of Public Safety for performing such check, and (B) a national criminal history records check, the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for performing such check.

      (2) For a state agency requesting a national criminal history records check of a person, the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for performing such check. The state agency shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety for such cost. Unless otherwise provided by the provision of the general statutes requiring the criminal history records check, the state agency may charge the person a fee equal to the amount paid by the state agency under this subdivision.

      (c) The Commissioner of Public Safety may provide an expedited service for persons requesting criminal history records checks in accordance with this section. Such expedited service shall include making the results of such records checks available to the requesting party through the Internet. The commissioner may enter into a contract with any person, firm or corporation to establish and administer such expedited service. The commissioner shall charge, in addition to the fees charged pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, a fee of twenty-five dollars for each expedited criminal history record check provided. The fee charged pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and the expedited service fee charged pursuant to this subsection shall be paid by the requesting party in such manner as may be required by the commissioner.

      (P.A. 01-175, S. 31, 32; P.A. 05-267, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 01-175 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-267 added Subsec. (c) re expedited service.

      See Secs. 10-221d, 12-559, 12-578, 12-586f, 12-586g, 12-815a, 14-44, 17a-151, 17b-749k, 17b-750, 18-81l, 19a-80, 19a-87b, 19a-491b, 21-40, 21-100, 22a-6m, 29-29, 29-36g, 29-145, 29-152f, 29-155, 29-156a, 29-349, and 38a-660 re using criminal history records checks in accordance with Sec. 29-17a.

      See Sec. 17a-6a re criminal history records checks for applicants for positions with the Department of Children and Families.

      See Sec. 17a-114 re criminal history records checks for persons sixteen years of age or older living in household of child placement applicant.

      Sec. 29-17b. Criminal history records checks of coaches in police-sponsored athletic activities. Department of Public Safety shall perform state and national criminal history records checks at the request of any sworn police officer with respect to any coach involved in a police-sponsored athletic activity where such coach will be in direct contact with children under eighteen years of age. The Department of Public Safety shall charge the sponsoring organization fees for conducting such criminal history records checks as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 29-17a.

      (P.A. 03-203, S. 4.)

      Sec. 29-18. Special policemen for state property. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint one or more persons nominated by the administrative authority of any state buildings or lands including, but not limited to, state owned and managed housing facilities, to act as special policemen in such buildings and upon such lands. Each such special policeman shall be sworn and may arrest and present before a competent authority any person for any offense committed within his precinct.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3660; 1969, P.A. 468; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)

      History: 1969 act specifically included state-owned and managed housing facilities as eligible to be served by special policemen; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      See Sec. 4b-13(a) re enforcement of regulations concerning state-owned parking areas by special policemen.

      See Sec. 29-8a re indemnification of state policemen and State Capitol police in civil rights actions.

      See Sec. 53-39a re indemnification of state police and State Capitol police in cases where criminal charge is dismissed.

      University police have all the powers of state policemen and are entitled to all the protections afforded such policemen. 166 C. 81.

      Determination of whether special policeman under this section is considered a "policeman" for purposes of Sec. 31-275(1)(A) depends on facts in case. 60 CA 707.

      Sec. 29-18a. Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint one or more persons to act as special policemen in the Department of Public Safety, for the purpose of investigating public assistance fraud relating to the beneficiaries of public assistance in this state. 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 state policemen. They shall, in addition to their duties concerning public assistance cases, be subject to the call of the Commissioner of Public Safety for such emergency service as he may prescribe.

      (1971, P.A. 6, S. 1; P.A. 76-334, S. 11, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 129, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 125, 136; P.A. 00-99, S. 76, 154.)

      History: P.A. 76-334 specified that special policemen in division of central collections, department of finance and control have powers of sheriffs and their deputies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of finance and control with commissioner and department of administrative services, deleting reference to central collections division of the defunct department; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to commissioner and department of administrative services, substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police pursuant to changes enacted in P.A. 77-614, specified that remaining reference to "department" refers to department of public safety and specified duties of special policemen; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs and their deputies, effective December 1, 2000.

      Sec. 29-18b. Special policemen for Department of Revenue Services. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint persons nominated by the Commissioner of Revenue Services to act as special policemen in the special investigation section of the Department of Revenue Services. Such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Public Safety and, during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen. They shall, in addition to their duties with said special investigation section, be subject to call by the Commissioner of Public Safety for such emergency service as said commissioner may prescribe.

      (P.A. 75-581, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 486, 610.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced tax commissioner and department with commissioner and department of revenue services, and replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      Sec. 29-18c. Special policemen for Division of Special Revenue. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint not more than four persons employed as investigators in the security unit of the Division of Special Revenue, upon the nomination of the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, to act as special policemen in said unit. Such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Public Safety. During such tenure, they shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen while investigating or making arrests for any offense arising from the operation of any off-track betting system or the conduct of any lottery game. Such special policemen shall be certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive.

      (P.A. 84-457, S. 1, 3.)

      See Sec. 12-564a re reporting of investigations and arrest data.

      Sec. 29-19. Special policemen for utility and transportation companies. (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety may, upon the application of any electric, gas, telephone, telegraph or water company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any property, plant or equipment in this state, commission, during his pleasure, one or more persons designated by such company who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such company as policemen upon the premises used or occupied by such company in its business, or upon any highway adjacent to such premises, for the proper protection of such plant or property, and each policeman so appointed may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in his precinct for any offense committed therein. Said commissioner may exercise such supervision and direction over any policeman appointed as herein provided as he deems necessary. When any such commission is issued or revoked, said commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which it is intended that such policeman shall act.

      (b) Said commissioner may, upon application of any railroad, express company or steamboat company, engaged in the business of transportation in this state, or upon the application of any corporation owning or having control of the roads in any private residence park, commission, during his pleasure, one or more persons designated by such company or by such corporation, who, having been sworn, may act, at the expense of such company or corporation, as policemen upon the premises used by such company in its business, or upon its cars or vessels, or upon the roads and land owned by or under the control of such corporation, and each policeman so appointed may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in his precinct for any offense committed therein. When any such commission is issued or revoked, said commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which it is intended that such policeman shall act. Each such policeman shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield bearing the words "railroad police", "steamboat police", "express company police" or "special police", as the case may be, and the name of the company for which he is commissioned.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3661; 1963, P.A. 153; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 85-246, S. 18.)

      History: 1963 act authorized appointment of express company police in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted "judicial district" for "county"; P.A. 85-246 deleted reference to street railway companies and street railway police in Subsec. (b).

      See Sec. 25-44 re appointment of special police for protection of water supplies.

      Sec. 29-20. Special policemen for armored cars. The Commissioner of Public Safety may, upon the application of any person, firm or corporation operating an armored car service within this state, commission during his pleasure one or more suitable persons, designated by such armored car operator, who regularly transport securities across state lines and who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such armored car operator as policemen upon the premises used or occupied by such armored car operator in its business or in or upon armored car vehicles or upon any highway adjacent to such premises for the proper protection of such property and such armored car vehicles and their contents.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3662; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979.

      Sec. 29-21. Special policemen for war industry premises. Upon the application of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the production of war materials owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any property, plant or equipment in this state, the Commissioner of Public Safety may, during his pleasure and for such period as is declared by the Governor to be a war emergency or an emergency that affects the interests of state and national defense, commission one or more suitable persons designated by such person, firm or corporation, who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such person, firm or corporation as special policemen upon the premises used or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in its business, or with the approval of the chief executive officer of the police department of the municipality in which such premises are located, upon any highway adjacent to such premises, for the protection of such plant or property. Each special policeman so appointed may be armed while on duty upon such premises and may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in his precinct for any offense committed therein. Said commissioner may exercise such supervision and direction over any policeman so appointed as he deems necessary, and he may, for such purpose, enter upon the premises used or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in its business. When any such commission is issued or revoked, said commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which such policeman acts. Each such policeman shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield bearing the words "special police" and the name of the person, firm or corporation for which he is commissioned.

      (1951, S. 1992d; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted "judicial district" for "county".

      Sec. 29-22. Volunteer auxiliary force. The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to recruit, train and organize a volunteer police auxiliary force for the purpose of providing emergency services throughout the state for peacetime or wartime emergencies or threatened emergencies and for augmenting the state police force in such manner as the Commissioner of Public Safety may deem appropriate. Such volunteer police auxiliary force shall at all times be under the direction of said commissioner and subject to the rules and regulations of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety. The total membership of the auxiliary force shall not exceed in number twice the authorized strength prescribed in section 29-4 for the state police, and such auxiliary force may be equipped with uniforms prescribed by the commissioner and delegated special police powers for specific emergency police duties. The commissioner may, within available appropriations, provide subsistence and maintenance to the volunteer police auxiliary force when called to duty. In the event of participation in emergency services, the members of the volunteer police auxiliary force shall have the same immunities and privileges as apply to the organized militia and to the regular members of the Division of State Police. All members of the volunteer police auxiliary force shall be compensated for death, disability or injury incurred while in training for or on auxiliary state police duty under the provisions of this section as follows: (1) Employees of the state, municipalities or political subdivisions of the state who are members of the volunteer police auxiliary force and for whom such compensation is provided by any provision of existing law shall be construed to be acting within the scope of their employment while in training for or engaged in auxiliary state police duty and shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 568 and sections 5-142 and 5-144. (2) Any persons who are engaged in regular employment apart and separate from their duties as members of the volunteer police auxiliary force and for whom such compensation is not so provided shall, while in training for or engaged in duties under the provisions of this section, be construed to be employees of the state for the purpose of chapter 568 and sections 5-142 and 5-144, and shall be compensated by the state in accordance with the provisions of said chapter and sections.

      (1951, S. 1990d; 1963, P