General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6013 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 959 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6013 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 959 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: REP. MILLER L., 122nd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF HAND-HELD METAL DETECTORS BY PEACE OFFICERS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to permit any peace officer, as defined in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, to carry a hand-held metal detector and use such metal detector to search a criminal suspect for the presence of firearms. Statement of Purpose: To allow a peace officer to carry and use a hand-held metal detector to search a criminal suspect for the presence of firearms.