Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

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…

Sec. 29-162. Compact. The New England State Police Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: NEW ENGLAND STATE POLICE COMPACT Article I Purposes The purposes of this compact are…

Sec. 29-163. Commissioner may designate alternate. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in his place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators Conference as permitted by subsections (b) and (c…

Sec. 29-164. Retirement for employees of administrators conference. The employees of the New England State Police Administrators Conference may, upon the concluding of an agreement with the State Employees Retirement Commission for coverage under the state employees retirement sy…

Secs. 29-164a to 29-164e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-164f. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the states and the federal government legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: NATIO…

Sec. 29-164g. Commissioner to designate Compact officer. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall designate the Compact officer in accordance with Article I, Section (2)(B) of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. (P.A. 00-185, S. 2, 5; P.A.…

Sec. 29-165. Advisory Committee on Organized Crime Prevention and Control. Naming of director of organized crime investigative task force. Expenses. Section 29-165 is repealed. (P.A. 73-592, S. 2, 3, 15; P.A. 74-183, S. 173, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 153, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 518…

Sec. 29-166. Director of task force to appoint personnel; contracts for services. (a) The director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall assume the duties an…

Sec. 29-167. Investigations by task force. The state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall have the duty and power to conduct and coordinate investigations in connection with: (1) The faithful execution and effective enforcement of the laws of the state, with partic…

Sec. 29-168. Reservation of powers. Nothing contained in section 29-167 shall be construed to supersede, repeal or limit any power, duty or function of the executive department or any other department or agency of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, as prescribed or …

Sec. 29-169. Cooperation with task force by governmental units. Agreements with other states. Cooperation with federal authorities. Referral of evidence of crime or misconduct. (a) The state-wide organized crime investigative task force may duly request and may receive from every…

Sec. 29-170. Disclosure of records of task force. Records of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, to the same extent as records of other law enforcement agencies. …

Sec. 29-171. Illegal disclosure of information; class A misdemeanor. Any person conducting or participating in any investigation under this chapter who discloses to any person other than the director or a member of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force or the ad…

Sec. 29-172. Impounding exhibits. Court order directing disposal of. Upon the application of the director of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force, the Superior Court or any judge thereof may impound any exhibit held in connection with an investigation conducted…

Secs. 29-173 to 29-175. Regional crime squads; formation; existing agreements; mandatory provisions in agreements. Coordinating and supervisory body of chiefs of police, duties and powers; police officers, assignment, powers, duties and immunities. State-Wide Enforcement Coordina…

Sec. 29-176. State-wide narcotics task force; formation; authority; state, federal and local assistance. (a) There shall be within the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection a state-wide narcotics task force for the effective co…

Sec. 29-177. Special state police. Task force duties. Compensation. Indemnification. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may from time to time select such number of police personnel of any municipality of the state to act temporarily as special state …

Sec. 29-178. Police officers. Powers, duties and immunities. Any municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his designee, shall, when acting within the scope …

Sec. 29-179. State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board. (a) There shall be a State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board, within the Division of State Police and within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for administrative purposes only, consisting of …

Secs. 29-179a to 29-179e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-179f. State Urban Violence and Cooperative Crime Control Task Force. Powers. Municipality to petition for assistance. Use of municipal personnel. Indemnification. (a) There shall be in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Pro…

Sec. 29-179g. Appointment of police or federal Housing and Urban Development Agency personnel for task force. Compensation. Indemnification. Termination. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may from time to time select a number of police personnel fro…

Sec. 29-179h. Municipal police officers. Powers, duties and immunities. A municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the state-wide cooperative crime control task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his …

Sec. 29-179i. State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board. (a) There shall be a State-Wide Cooperative Crime Control Task Force Policy Board which shall be in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The poli…

Secs. 29-180 to 29-186. Connecticut Justice Commission: Definitions; establishment, powers and duties; composition of commission and chairperson; members not compensated; meetings; executive committee, committees, subcommittees, advisory panels and task forces; executive director…

Sec. 29-187. Transfer from commission to Office of Policy and Management. The books, records, reports, equipment, property, accounts and liabilities of the Connecticut Justice Commission and all funds subject to its control shall be transferred to the Office of Policy and Managem…

Sec. 29-188. Commission to cease if federal funding ceases. Section 29-188 is repealed. (P.A. 76-432, S. 9–11; P.A. 78-233; P.A. 82-346, S. 6, 7; 82-472, S. 169, 170, 183.)

Secs. 29-189 and 29-190. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-191. (Formerly Sec. 19-410). Definitions. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Administrative Services; “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Administrative Services; “elevator” means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or pla…

Sec. 29-192. (Formerly Sec. 19-411). General requirements. Variations or exemptions. Appeals. (a) Each elevator or escalator used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaft…

Sec. 29-193. (Formerly Sec. 19-412). Approval of plans; fee. No new elevator or escalator shall be erected or installed and no elevator or escalator shall be relocated or altered until detailed plans and specifications of the proposed construction or other work have been submitte…

Sec. 29-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-413). Registration of elevators and escalators. The owner or operator of each elevator or escalator covered by this chapter shall register with the department each elevator or escalator owned or operated by him, giving the type and capacity, a descr…

Sec. 29-195. (Formerly Sec. 19-414). Inspection by the department. Each elevator or escalator shall be thoroughly inspected by a department elevator inspector at least once each eighteen months, except elevators located in private residences shall be inspected upon the request of…

Sec. 29-196. (Formerly Sec. 19-415). Issuance of certificate of operation; fees; renewal. As soon as the department approves any new, relocated or altered elevator or escalator as being fit for operation, it shall issue to the owner a certificate of operation for a capacity and s…

Sec. 29-197. (Formerly Sec. 19-416). Discontinuance of operation. If any elevator or escalator is found which, in the judgment of the department, is dangerous to life and property or is being operated without the operating certificate required by section 29-196, the department ma…

Sec. 29-198. (Formerly Sec. 19-418). Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 29-191 to 29-197, inclusive, or the regulations of the department herein provided for shall (1) for the first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (…

Sec. 29-199. Reporting of elevator or escalator accidents. Investigation and inspection. The owner of an elevator or escalator or his agent shall immediately report to the Department of Administrative Services any accident or incident involving the elevator or escalator that resu…

Sec. 29-200. Standards concerning certain lifts and elevators. Variations or exemptions. Installation of lifts and elevators. Application. Appeal. (a) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Servi…

Sec. 29-201. (Formerly Sec. 19-418a). Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Passenger tramway” means a device used to transport passengers in cars on tracks or suspended in the air, or uphill on skis, by the use of steel cables…

Sec. 29-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-418b). Requirements for passenger tramways in use. Each passenger tramway used or intended for use in this state shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to transport passengers safely according to the provisions of this chapter…

Sec. 29-203. (Formerly Sec. 19-418c). Regulations, standards. The commissioner shall adopt reasonable regulations relating to public safety in the construction, operation, maintenance and inspection of passenger tramways. The regulations authorized hereunder shall conform as near…

Sec. 29-204. (Formerly Sec. 19-418d). Plans and specifications, submission, fee. Approval. Final inspection. No new passenger tramway shall be erected or installed and no passenger tramway shall be relocated or altered until detailed plans and specifications of the proposed const…

Sec. 29-205. (Formerly Sec. 19-418e). Registration of each passenger tramway required. The operator of each passenger tramway covered by this chapter shall register with the department each passenger tramway operated by him, giving such information concerning such tramway as the …