General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 299
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1055
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 299
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1055
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNICATION AMONG STATE AND LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS DURING ACTIVE-SHOOTER INCIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 529 of the general statutes be amended to require the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to use the Connecticut State-wide Police Emergency Network to notify all local police departments of any ongoing shooting incident at a school, shopping mall or other heavily populated location.
Statement of Purpose:
To notify local police departments of ongoing shooting incidents so that they may send resources to the affected jurisdiction or increase security at heavily populated locations in their own jurisdictions.