General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6704
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3213
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6704
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3213
*03213*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ARRESTS OUTSIDE OF PRECINCTS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 54-1f of the general statutes be amended to provide that sworn members of any local police department, outside of their respective precincts, may arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person for any offense when the person is taken or apprehended in the act or on the speedy information of others, and that whenever such sworn member of a local police department makes any such arrest, such sworn member shall immediately notify the local police department or state police troop having jurisdiction over the precinct in which the arrest was effected.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow police officers to make arrests anywhere within the state of Connecticut.