Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-288. Duty of police matron. The police matron shall take charge of that part of the station so assigned for female prisoners and keep the same in proper condition; and shall, at all times when there are no female prisoners at the station, be within easy call and attend day…

Sec. 7-289. Qualifications of matron; salary; removal. Each police matron shall be (1) a female police officer or (2) a woman at least eighteen years of age. The hiring authority may establish other qualifications for the employment of police matrons and require evidence of fulfi…

Sec. 7-290. Separate station for female prisoners. Any city, required by section 7-286 to have a police matron, may provide a separate station for the detention of female prisoners. In any city which has no board of police commissioners or board charged with its general duties, t…

Sec. 7-291. Police surgeons. Section 7-291 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 673; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-291a. Efforts re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers. Annual report. (a) If a law enforcement unit serves a community with a relatively high concentration of minority residents, the unit shall make efforts to recruit, retain and promote minorit…

Sec. 7-291b. Guidelines re recruitment, retention and promotion of minority police officers. Not later than January 1, 2016, each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall develop and implement guidelines for the recruitment, retention and promotion of minority po…

Sec. 7-291c. Prohibition against hiring police officer dismissed for malfeasance or who resigned or retired while under investigation. (a) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall hire any person as a police officer, as defined in said section 7-294a, who was …

Sec. 7-291d. Employment protection of police officer who seeks or receives mental health care services. Return to duty. Law enforcement unit liability. (a)(1) No law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall discharge, discipline, discriminate against or otherwise pen…

Sec. 7-291e. Requirements re provision of behavioral health assessments to police officers. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Administrative head of each law enforcement unit” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the board of police commissioners, t…

Sec. 7-292. Adoption of forty-hour week for policemen. (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an average work week of forty hours for permanent paid policemen as provided in sections 7-293 and 7-294 and this section. (b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by or…

Sec. 7-293. Work week. The work week for all permanent paid members of the uniformed police force for municipalities adopting sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, shall be an average work week of not more than forty hours, computed over a period of one fiscal or calendar year, as …

Sec. 7-294. Earnings not affected. There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of any police in municipalities adopting the provisions of sections 7-292 to 7-294, inclusive, nor shall there be any lessening of any of their existing rights and privileges, as the result of …

Sec. 7-294a. Police Officer Standards and Training Council: Definitions. As used in section 7-291e, this section, and sections 7-294b to 7-294e, inclusive: (1) “Academy” means the Connecticut Police Academy; (2) “Applicant” means a prospective police officer who has not commenced…

Sec. 7-294aa. Reinstatement of state or municipal police officers upon return from participation in international peacekeeping operations. (a) Any sworn police officer employed by the state or a municipality who takes a leave of absence or resigns from such officer's employment o…

Sec. 7-294aaa. Establishment of civilian police review boards. (a) The legislative body of a town may, by ordinance, establish a civilian police review board. The ordinance shall, at a minimum, prescribe: (1) The scope of authority of the civilian police review board; (2) the num…

Sec. 7-294b. Members of council. Holding of other office. (a) There shall be a Police Officer Standards and Training Council which shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. (b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The chief ele…

Sec. 7-294bb. State and local police policy concerning complaints from the public alleging misconduct committed by law enforcement personnel. (a) Not later than July 1, 2015, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall develop and implement a written policy concerning…

Sec. 7-294bbb. Municipal law enforcement unit meetings with stakeholders. (a) On or before October 1, 2023, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each municipal law enforcement unit shall hold a meeting with stakeholders in the…

Sec. 7-294c. Submission of annual report by council to Governor and General Assembly. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the council shall submit an annual report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the Governor and the joint standing com…

Sec. 7-294cc. Development and promulgation of policy and form re police use of electronic defense weapons. Not later than January 1, 2015, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b shall develop and promulgate (1) a model policy that provi…

Sec. 7-294d. Powers of council. Certification of police officers, police training schools and law enforcement instructors. Refusal to renew, suspension, cancellation or revocation of certification. Hearing. Automatic certification. Exemptions. Written guidance to law enforcement …

Sec. 7-294dd. Reimbursement for cost of police officer certification. (a) For purposes of this section, “police officer”, “certification” and “law enforcement unit” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a and “cost of certification” means the cost of training, equipm…

Sec. 7-294e. Recertification of police officers. Regulations. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or special act or local law, ordinance or charter to the contrary, each police officer shall forfeit such officer's appointment and position unless recertified …

Sec. 7-294ee. Minimum standards and practices for the administration, management and operation of law enforcement units. Unit state-accreditation tier certification or accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (a) The Police Officer Stand…

Sec. 7-294f. State and local police training programs to include course on sexual assault investigation and rape crisis intervention. Each police basic training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Publi…

Sec. 7-294ff. Development of model critical incident and peer support policy. Policy adoption. Provision of peer support and mental health referral services. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established under section 7-294b, t…

Sec. 7-294g. State and local police training programs to provide training re domestic violence, child abuse, and suicide intervention procedures. (a) Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Em…

Sec. 7-294gg. State and local police training programs to provide training on resilience and self-care techniques. Each police basic training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the P…

Sec. 7-294h. State and local police training programs to provide training on the handling of juvenile matters and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment or nonverbal learning disorder. On and after January 1, 2017: (1) Each police basic or field training progr…

Sec. 7-294hh. State and local police policy concerning crowd management. Regulations. Training. (a) As used in this section, “police officer” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a. (b) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the Commis…

Sec. 7-294i. Transferred to Sec. 7-294y.

Sec. 7-294ii. Requirements re police officer affixing and displaying badge and name tag on uniform. Development and promulgation of model policy. (a) Except as specified in the model policy adopted and promulgated pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, on a…

Sec. 7-294j. Transferred to Sec. 7-294m.

Sec. 7-294jj. Acquisition and inventory of military designed equipment by state and municipal police. Order to sell, transfer or dispose of by office of the Governor and Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Reconsideration of order. Reporting. Prohibited use …

Sec. 7-294k. Transferred to Sec. 7-294z.

Sec. 7-294kk. Determination of number of drug recognition experts. Development of model policy. Policy adoption. Drug recognition expert and advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each law enforcement unit shall report to the …

Sec. 7-294l. State and local police training programs to provide training on gang-related violence. Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Police…

Sec. 7-294ll. Issuance of guidance to police re determination of whether a person is in possession of cannabis in excess of legal limit. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall issue guidance concerning how police officers shall det…

Sec. 7-294m. (Formerly Sec. 7-294j). Instruction re new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers. (a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b, in conjunction with the office of the Chief State's Attorney and the Co…

Sec. 7-294mm. Timely notification by a peace officer of a death. (a) If a peace officer who is a sworn member of a law enforcement agency responds to an incident involving a deceased person or the remains of a person or otherwise encounters a deceased person or the remains of a p…

Sec. 7-294n. State and local police training programs to provide training on crimes motivated by bigotry or bias. Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protecti…

Sec. 7-294nn. Law enforcement unit policy permitting police officers to wear religious head coverings. (a) As used in this section, “law enforcement unit” and “police officer” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a. (b) Not later than October 1, 2022, each law enfor…

Sec. 7-294o. Development and implementation of policy re missing person reports. Training. (a) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall develop and implement a policy concerning the acceptance of missing person reports, including, bu…

Sec. 7-294oo. Informing motor vehicle operators of the purpose of a traffic stop. Prior to the completion of any stop of a motor vehicle, a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, shall verbally inform the operator of such vehicle of the purpose for the stop. (P.A. 23-95, S…

Sec. 7-294p. Connecticut Police Academy. Maintenance and operation. Municipal police officer training and education extension account. (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, mai…

Sec. 7-294pp. Person experiencing emergency medical condition while in custody, control or direct audio or visual contact with a peace officer. Request for emergency medical services by peace officer. When required. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Emergency medical condition” m…

Sec. 7-294q. State and local police training programs to provide training on eyewitness identification procedures. Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Division of State Police within the …

Sec. 7-294qq. Sexual Assault Criminal Justice Response, Enhancement and Model Policy Advisory Council. Model policy. (a) There is established a Sexual Assault Criminal Justice Response, Enhancement and Model Policy Advisory Council for the purpose of evaluating the current crimin…

Sec. 7-294r. State and local police training programs to provide training on handling incidents involving individuals affected with serious mental illness. Section 7-294r is repealed, effective October 1, 2023. (P.A. 14-217, S. 46; P.A. 22-64, S. 7.)

Sec. 7-294rr. Police officer assistance to adult victim of sexual assault. It shall be the responsibility of the police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, at the scene of an incident of sexual assault involving an adult victim, or at the time of the filing of a complaint of s…