LCO No. 468 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5362 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 468 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: REP. POLLETTA, 68th Dist. AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR THE INJURING OR KILLING OF POLICE ANIMALS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That subsections (d) and (e) of section 53-247 of the general statutes 1 be amended to increase the penalties for the intentional injury or 2 killing of police animals or dogs in volunteer canine search and rescue 3 teams. 4 Statement of Purpose: To increase the penalties for the intentional injury or killing of police animals or dogs in volunteer canine search and rescue teams.