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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7242
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING PO LICE OFFICERS AT INDEPENDENT
15	15		INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
16	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	17		Assembly convened:
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19	19		Section 1. Section 29-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20	20		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
21	21		(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 3
22	22		may, upon the application of any electric distribution, gas, telephone 4
23	23		or water company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or 5
24	24		controlling any property, plant or equipment in this state, commission, 6
25	25		during the commissioner's pleasure, one or more persons designated 7
26	26		by such company who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of 8
27	27		such company as police officers upon the premises used or occupied 9
28	28		by such company in its business, or upon any highway adjacent to 10
29	29		such premises, for the proper protection of such plant or property, and 11
30	30		each police officer so appointed may arrest and take before some 12
31	31		proper authority any person in the police officer's precinct for any 13
32	32		offense committed therein. The commissioner may exercise such 14
33	33		supervision and direction over any police officer appointed as herein 15
34	34		provided as the commissioner deems necessary. When any such 16
35	35		commission is issued or revoked, the commissioner shall notify the 17
36	36		clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which it is 18
37	37		intended that such police officer shall act. 19 Substitute Bill No. 7242
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44	44		(b) The commissioner may, upon the application of any railroad, 20
45	45		express company or steamboat company, engaged in the business of 21
46	46		transportation in this state, or upon the application of any corporation 22
47	47		owning or having control of the roads in any private residence park, or 23
48	48		upon the application of the Connecticut Airport Authority, 24
49	49		commission, during the commissioner's pleasure, one or more persons 25
50	50		designated by such company or by such corporation, or one person 26
51	51		designated by such authority, who, having been sworn, may act, at the 27
52	52		expense of such company, corporation or authority, as a police officer 28
53	53		or police officers, as the case may be, upon the premises used by such 29
54	54		company or authority in its business, or upon its cars, vessels or 30
55	55		airplanes, or upon the roads and land owned by or under the control 31
56	56		of such corporation or authority, and each police officer so appointed 32
57	57		may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in the 33
58	58		police officer's precinct for any offense committed therein. When any 34
59	59		such commission is issued or revoked, the commissioner shall notify 35
60	60		the clerk of the superior court for each judicial district in which it is 36
61	61		intended that such police officer shall act. Each such police officer 37
62	62		shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield bearing the words 38
63	63		"railroad police", "steamboat police", "express company police" or 39
64	64		"special police", as the case may be, and the name of the company, 40
65	65		corporation or authority for which the police officer is commissioned. 41
66	66		(c) (1) The commissioner may, upon the application of any 42
67	67		independent institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-43
68	68		173, owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any 44
69	69		property in this state, commission, during the commissioner's 45
70	70		pleasure, one or more persons who are certified pursuant to section 7-46
71	71		294d and designated by such institution. Having been sworn, such 47
72	72		person or persons may act, at the expense of such institution, as a 48
73	73		police officer or police officers, as the case may be, within a law 49
74	74		enforcement unit of the institution upon the premises used by such 50
75	75		institution in its activities. Each police officer so appointed may arrest 51
76	76		and take before some proper authority any person in the police 52
77	77		officer's precinct for any offense committed in the precinct. The law 53 Substitute Bill No. 7242
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84	84		enforcement unit of the institution shall enter into a memorandum of 54
85	85		understanding with a municipality having authority or control over 55
86	86		any highway adjacent to such premises regarding the authority of such 56
87	87		appointed police officers on such adjacent highway. Such police 57
88	88		officers and unit shall comply with standards and practices adopted by 58
89	89		the Police Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to sections 59
90	90		7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, regarding police officers and law 60
91	91		enforcement units. 61
92	92		(2) The commissioner may exercise such supervision and direction 62
93	93		over any police officer appointed as provided in this subsection as the 63
94	94		commissioner deems necessary. When any such commission is issued 64
95	95		or revoked, the commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior 65
96	96		court for each judicial district in which it is intended that such police 66
97	97		officer shall act or cease to act. 67
98	98		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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101	101		Section 1 October 1, 2019 29-19
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