Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05101 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/05/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5101
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 354
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5101 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 354

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security 

Introduced by:

REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist.

AN ACT SUPPLEMENTING POLICE TRAINING WITH INFORMATION ON IMMIGRATION LAW.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 7-294b of the general statutes be amended to require that each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or a municipal police department in the state include the distribution of materials created by the Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency detailing the appropriate procedure for the enforcement of immigration law and for the determination of the immigration status of persons arrested for serious crimes.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require police training to include instruction on the appropriate procedure for the enforcement of immigration law and for the determination of the immigration status of persons arrested for serious crimes.