| 24 | | - | Section 1. Section 7-282e of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 25 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2 |
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| 26 | | - | (a) Each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall 3 |
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| 27 | | - | create and maintain a record detailing any incident during which a 4 |
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| 28 | | - | police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, (1) uses physical force that 5 |
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| 29 | | - | is likely to cause serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to 6 |
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| 30 | | - | another person or the death of another person, including, but not 7 |
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| 31 | | - | limited to, striking another person with an open or closed hand, club 8 |
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| 32 | | - | or baton, kicking another person or using pepper spray or an 9 |
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| 33 | | - | electroshock weapon on another person, or (2) discharges a firearm, 10 |
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| 34 | | - | except during a training exercise or in the course of dispatching an 11 |
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| 35 | | - | animal. Such record shall include, but not be limited to: The name of 12 |
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| 36 | | - | the police officer, the time and place of the incident, a description of 13 |
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| 37 | | - | what occurred during the incident and, to the extent known, the names 14 |
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| 38 | | - | of the victims and witnesses present at such incident. 15 |
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| 42 | | - | LCO No. 5700 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | | - | (b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Police Officer Standards and 16 |
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| 45 | | - | Training Council, established pursuant to section 7-294b, shall develop 17 |
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| 46 | | - | and promulgate a standardized form for an annual report that 18 |
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| 47 | | - | compiles the contents of records a law enforcement unit maintains 19 |
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| 48 | | - | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The form shall require 20 |
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| 49 | | - | statistics on each incident that is the subject of the record, including, 21 |
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| 50 | | - | but not limited to, (1) the race and gender of each person on whom 22 |
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| 51 | | - | force was used, provided the identification of such characteristics shall 23 |
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| 52 | | - | be based on the observation and perception of the police officer 24 |
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| 53 | | - | involved in the incident, (2) the location of each incident, the type of 25 |
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| 54 | | - | force used and the activities that led to the use of force, and (3) any 26 |
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| 55 | | - | injury suffered by a person against whom force was used. 27 |
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| 56 | | - | (c) Not later than January 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 28 |
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| 57 | | - | Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 29 |
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| 58 | | - | and Public Protection and each municipal police department shall 30 |
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| 59 | | - | submit an annual use of force report using the form developed and 31 |
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| 60 | | - | promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to the Criminal 32 |
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| 61 | | - | Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and 33 |
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| 62 | | - | Management. 34 |
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| 63 | | - | (d) The Office of Policy and Management shall post the annual 35 |
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| 64 | | - | reports submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section on its 36 |
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| 65 | | - | Internet web site. 37 |
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| 66 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 69 | | - | Section 1 from passage 7-282e |
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| 22 | + | That the general statutes be amended to require the Division of State 1 |
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| 23 | + | Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 2 |
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| 24 | + | Protection and each municipal police department to report annually on 3 |
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| 25 | + | the use of force by their officers. 4 |
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