General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6716
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2559
*02559*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6716
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2559
*02559*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Police Protection and a municipal police department from accepting the resignation or retirement of a state or municipal police officer if such officer is under investigation for serious misconduct that calls into question such officer's fitness to serve as a police officer.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the Department of Emergency Services and Police Protection and a municipal police department from accepting the resignation or retirement of a state or municipal police officer if such officer is under investigation for serious misconduct that calls into question such officer's fitness to serve as a police officer.