Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-152u. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Armed security officer” means a security officer who carries or has immediate access to a firearm in the performance of such officer's duties as a security officer; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Ser…

Sec. 29-153. Private detective license required. No person shall engage in the business of, or solicit business as, a private detective, or make representations to be or advertise as a private detective or as furnishing detective or investigating services, without first obtaining…

Sec. 29-154. Qualifications for license. List of employees. Section 29-154 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3738; 1957, P.A. 149, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 128; February, 1965, P.A. 538; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)

Sec. 29-154a. Qualifications for private detective or private detective agency license. Appeal. (a) The commissioner may grant a private detective or private detective agency license to any suitable person, or to any corporation, association or partnership subject to the followin…

Sec. 29-154b. Qualifications of corporate stockholders. The license of a corporation may be denied by the commissioner, or suspended or revoked, if it shall appear that ten per cent or more of the stock of such corporation is held by a person who cannot meet the character standar…

Sec. 29-154c. Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure. No member of the state, or any town, city or borough, police force or any other person vested with police powers shall be eligible for a license under the provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive.…

Sec. 29-155. Form of application for license. Criminal history records checks. Fingerprints. Photographs. Trade name. (a) Application for a license as a private detective or as a private detective agency shall be made in writing, under oath, on a form to be furnished by the commi…

Sec. 29-155a. Applicant to post surety bond and provide general liability insurance certificate. (a) Each applicant for a license as a private detective or as a private detective agency shall post with the commissioner a bond in favor of the state with surety in the amount of ten…

Sec. 29-155b. Issuance of license. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, of the good character, competency and integrity of an applicant, or, if the applicant is an association or partnership, of the individual members thereof, or if a corporation, of all officers and direct…

Sec. 29-155c. License fees. The fee for an individual private detective shall, for an original license, be one thousand four hundred fifty dollars and for renewal of any such license, six hundred twenty-five dollars every two years. The fee for a private detective agency shall, f…

Sec. 29-155d. Display of license. Immediately upon the receipt of a license certificate issued by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, the licensee shall post and at all times display such license in a cons…

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 i…

Sec. 29-156a. Employment of private investigators. Registration. Fee. Penalty. (a) Any licensee may employ as many private investigators as such licensee deems necessary for the conduct of such licensee's business, provided such employees shall be of good moral character and at l…

Sec. 29-156b. Identification card for private investigators. The licensee of a private detective agency shall issue to each of the agency's private investigators an identification card, of such size, color and design as the commissioner may prescribe, which card shall contain the…

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 or private investigator of such licensee, or any other person shall wear, carry, accep…

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 subo…

Sec. 29-156f. Permit to carry firearms. Section 29-156f is repealed. (1969, P.A. 756, S. 21; P.A. 82-57.)

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…

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…

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 or registration suspension or revocation. Appeal. Any license or registration issued under the provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard to the licen…

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 ch…

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) Except as provided in section 29-156a, 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 est…

Secs. 29-161a to 29-161c. Transferred to Part II, Secs. 29-161y to 29-161aa, inclusive.

Sec. 29-161aa. (Formerly Sec. 29-161c). Licensed security services to provide written notice to law enforcement agencies of assignments of security officers carrying firearms. Any licensed security service or any firm or corporation employing proprietary security personnel shall …

Secs. 29-161d and 29-161e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-161f. Operation on state waters. Notice of intent. Hearing. Vote. Definition. (a) No private security service shall operate on the waters of the state without receiving prior legislative and executive approval of such operation in accordance with this section. (b) Any pri…

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 Emergency…

Sec. 29-161h. Qualifications for security service license. Appeal. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may grant a security service license to any suitable person, or to any corporation, association or partnership subject to the following qualificatio…

Sec. 29-161i. Qualifications of corporate stockholders. An application for a license of a corporation may be denied by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, or suspended or revoked, if it appears that ten per cent or more of the stock of such corporation i…

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, inclusiv…

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 Emergency Services and…

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection a bond in favor of the state with surety in the amo…

Sec. 29-161m. Issuance of security service license. Inspection or copying of documents. 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 membe…

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 four hundred fifty dollars, and for renewal thereof, six hundred twenty-five dollars every two years. The fee for a cor…

Sec. 29-161o. Display of license. Immediately upon the receipt of a license certificate issued by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to section 29-161m, the licensee shall post and at all times display such license in a conspicuous place at the …

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue to each licensee and, in the case of a corporation, association or partners…

Sec. 29-161q. Qualifications of security officers. License. Instructor approval. Registration. Identification card. Prohibition. Applicant performance of security officer duties. Penalty. (a) Any security service or business may employ as many security officers as such security s…

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 Emergency Servic…

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection, with an inscription thereon containing the word “…

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection, i…

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. 0…

Sec. 29-161v. License or instructor approval suspension or revocation. Appeal. (a) Any license for a security service or security officer or approval as a security officer instructor may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, prov…

Sec. 29-161w. Annual list of security services and security officers. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall annually prepare and publish a list of licensed security services and security officers and distribute copies of such list to the chiefs of pol…

Sec. 29-161x. Penalties. Regulations. (a) Except as provided in sections 29-161q and 29-161y, any person who violates any provision of sections 29-161g to 29-161z, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. The com…

Sec. 29-161y. (Formerly Sec. 29-161a). Registration of security officers or security personnel carrying firearms. 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…

Sec. 29-161z. (Formerly Sec. 29-161b). Permit to carry firearms required. Firearm safety course. Regulations. Instructor approval. Penalty. License, permit or approval suspension or revocation. Appeal. (a) No employee of a licensed security service and no employee hired by a firm…