Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06013 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    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.