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 Section 29-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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