| 9 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (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 the municipality where such incident occurred or, where there is no organized local police department, the commanding officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality may notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such incident. Upon receipt of such notification, said commissioner shall, by any means he or she deems appropriate, notify all organized local police departments in the state and all state police troops of the incident, the location and time of the incident and any other information said commissioner deems appropriate for dissemination to local police departments and state police troops. |
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| 16 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) In the event of a shooting incident involving multiple victims, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall use the state-wide police emergency radio network to notify all organized local police departments in the state of the incident, the location and time of the incident and any other information said commissioner deems appropriate for dissemination to local police departments by such method. |
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| 11 | | - | (b) Not later than October 1, 2013, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, shall adopt a written policy concerning the type of information that shall be disseminated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the method of accomplishing the dissemination of such information. |
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| 18 | + | (b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, concerning the use of the state-wide police emergency radio network during or following any such shooting incident or any other incident involving multiple victims. |
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| 23 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 24 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section |
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| 26 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 28 | + | Section 1 |
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| 30 | + | October 1, 2013 |
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| 32 | + | New section |
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| 34 | + | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: |
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| 36 | + | For purposes of clarity, section 1 was divided into two subsections and, in subsection (b), "any" was inserted before and after "such shooting incident or", and "similar" was deleted. |
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| 40 | + | PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |
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| 44 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |
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