Title 29 — Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-1. Appointment of commissioner. Section 29-1 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3640; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 29-1a. Transferred to Chapter 529, Sec. 29-1zz.

Sec. 29-1aa. Bond authorization for buy-out program for homeowners and businesses that receive Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for flood hazard mitigation or property damage. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission s…

Sec. 29-1b. (Formerly Sec. 28e-1). *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: Division of State Police; Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. (a) There shall be within the Department of E…

Sec. 29-1bb. Eligible nonprofit organization security infrastructure competitive grant program. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection; (2) “Department” means the Department of Emergency Services…

Sec. 29-1c. (Formerly Sec. 28e-2). Uniform crime reporting system. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish a state-wide uniform crime reporting system within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall develop poli…

Sec. 29-1cc. Bond authorization for eligible nonprofit organization security infrastructure competitive grant program. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of b…

Sec. 29-1d. Local crime stoppers program. Definition. Evidence of certain communications not admissible. (a) As used in this section, “local crime stoppers program” means a private, nonprofit organization operated on less than a state-wide level, which accepts and expends donatio…

Sec. 29-1dd. Prevention of online abuse grant program. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible entity” means any of the following located in this state: (A) A local or regional school district, (B) a historical society, (C) a tax-exempt entity registered with the office of the…

Sec. 29-1e. Missing Children Information Clearinghouse. Definitions. Duties. Missing child reports. (a) There is established a Missing Children Information Clearinghouse within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The clearinghouse shall be supervised by th…

Sec. 29-1ee. Speed enforcement on rural roads grant program. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available resources, administer a grant program to provide grants-in-aid to eligible municipalities for speed enforcement activities on rural road…

Sec. 29-1f. Clearinghouse to assist in location of missing persons other than children, persons with intellectual disability, other developmental disabilities. (a) The clearinghouse established under section 29-1e shall collect, process, maintain and disseminate information to as…

Sec. 29-1ff. Pilot program re the collection of fire and rescue service data. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the State Fire Marshal, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Mana…

Sec. 29-1g. Child support enforcement. Special policemen. Appointment. Powers. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint not more than six persons nominated by the Commissioner of Social Services as special policemen in the Office of Child Support S…

Sec. 29-1gg. Bond authorization for unmanned aircraft and accessories grant program. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more s…

Sec. 29-1h. Child Protection Network program. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall study the feasibility of establishing a program to assemble and distribute informational packages on the “Child Protection Network” to each municipality that requests su…

Sec. 29-1hh. Unmanned aircraft and accessories grant program. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Accessories” means devices associated with an unmanned aircraft, including, but not limited to, cameras with night vision, thermal or infrared capabilities and other devices that …

Sec. 29-1i. Missing adult persons. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 7-294o, “law enforcement agency” means the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any municipal police department, and “adult person” means a…

Secs. 29-1ii to 29-1xx. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-1j. Public safety data network. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Division of Information Technology within the Department of Administrative Services, shall establish a public safety…

Sec. 29-1k. Emergency alert system to assist in apprehension of persons suspected of killing or seriously injuring peace officers or in location of missing peace officers. (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish an emergency alert system to …

Sec. 29-1l. Notification of incident. Policy re dissemination of information on incident. (a) On and after October 1, 2013, in the event of any incident involving numerous victims or casualties, the chief or superintendent of the local police department having jurisdiction over t…

Secs. 29-1m and 29-1n. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-1o. Definitions. As used in sections 29-1p and 29-1q: (1) “Genuine terrorist threat” means an incident, threat or activity involving an act of domestic or international terrorism sufficient to affect public safety that is deemed credible. (2) “Local chief elected official…

Sec. 29-1p. Determination of genuine terrorist threat. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may assess threats to public safety to determine when a threat qualifies as a genuine terrorist threat. The commissioner may consult with whatever agencies or offic…

Sec. 29-1q. Communication with local officials. (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall develop a method of direct communication with local chief elected officials. (b) Whenever bomb detection personnel are sent to a location in response to a threat r…

Sec. 29-1r. Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Appointment of commissioner. Successor to Departments of Public Safety and Emergency Management and Homeland Security. (a) There is established a Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Said depar…

Sec. 29-1s. Commissioner and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection substituted for former commissioners and departments. Section 29-1s is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-80, S. 192; 12-81, S. 24; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 245–…

Sec. 29-1t. Coordinating Advisory Board. (a) There is established a Coordinating Advisory Board to advise the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection with respect to: (1) Strategies to improve internal and external communication and cooperation in the provision of …

Sec. 29-1u. Connecticut medal of bravery. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to award the Connecticut medal of bravery directly or posthumously to any citizen of the state in recognition of a valorous and heroic deed performed in saving a l…

Secs. 29-1v to 29-1z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 29-1yy. Report on recommendations of personnel resource management study. Section 29-1yy is repealed. (P.A. 89-108, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-9.)

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection, and, while so acting und…

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 belon…

Sec. 29-10b. Fees for record searches and copies. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 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 investigat…

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 Emergency Services and Public Protection in the investigation of any accide…

Sec. 29-11. State Police Bureau of Identification. Fees. Agreements re fingerprinting. Regulations. (a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection known as the State Police Bureau of Identification shall be maintai…

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…

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 …

Sec. 29-12a. Maintenance of fingerprints in electronic format. Destruction of paper copy. Electronic submission of fingerprints. (a) The State Police Bureau of Identification may maintain the fingerprints of arrested persons received pursuant to section 29-12 and of persons who h…

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 Id…

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 p…

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…

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 con…

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 indivi…

Sec. 29-17b. Criminal history records checks of coaches in police-sponsored athletic activities. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform state and national criminal history records checks at the request of any sworn police officer with respect to …

Sec. 29-17c. Collection of fingerprints by municipal police department or Division of State Police. Fees. (a) No employee of a municipal police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall refuse to collect the…

Sec. 29-18. Special policemen for state property. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 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 …

Sec. 29-18a. Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint one or more persons to act as special policemen in the Department of Emergency Services and Public Pr…