Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07381 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 6272 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7381
6	6	January Session, 2019
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10	10	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING PO LICE PURSUITS OF STOLEN MOTOR
20	20	VEHICLES BEING OPERA TED BY OR INVOLVING A PASSENGER
21	21	WHO IS A JUVENILE.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 7-294ee of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	26	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
27	27	(a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established 3
28	28	under section 7-294b, and the Commissioner of Emergency Services 4
29	29	and Public Protection or the commissioner's designee, shall, within 5
30	30	available appropriations, jointly develop, adopt and revise, as 6
31	31	necessary, minimum standards and practices for the administration 7
32	32	and management of law enforcement units, as defined in section 7-8
33	33	294a. Such minimum standards and practices shall be based upon 9
34	34	standards established by the International Association of Chiefs of 10
35	35	Police and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement 11
36	36	Agencies, Inc., and shall include, but need not be limited to, standards 12
37	37	and practices regarding bias-based policing, use of force, response to 13
38	38	crimes of family violence, use of body-worn recording equipment, 14 Raised Bill No. 7381
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42	42	LCO No. 6272 2 of 3
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44	44	complaints that allege misconduct by police officers, use of electronic 15
45	45	defense weapons, eyewitness identification procedures, notifications in 16
46	46	death and related events and pursuits by police officers. Not later than 17
47	47	January 1, 2020, the minimum standards and practices for pursuits by 18
48	48	police officers shall be updated to include standards and practices that 19
49	49	govern the pursuit of a motor vehicle reported as stolen when it is 20
50	50	known to the officer or officers engaged in the pursuit that the 21
51	51	operator of or a passenger in the motor vehicle is a juvenile. The 22
52	52	council shall post such minimum standards and practices on the 23
53	53	council's Internet web site and disseminate such standards and 24
54	54	practices to law enforcement units. The council and commissioner or 25
55	55	the commissioner's designee shall jointly develop a process to review a 26
56	56	law enforcement unit's compliance with such minimum standards and 27
57	57	practices and issue a certificate of compliance with law enforcement 28
58	58	standards and practices to a law enforcement unit that meets or 29
59	59	exceeds such standards and practices. 30
60	60	(b) [On and after January 1, 2019, each] Each law enforcement unit 31
61	61	shall adopt, update and maintain (1) the minimum standards and 32
62	62	practices developed by the council pursuant to subsection (a) of this 33
63	63	section, or (2) a higher level of accreditation standards developed by 34
64	64	the council or the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement 35
65	65	Agencies, Inc. 36
66	66	(c) No civil action may be brought against a law enforcement unit 37
67	67	for damages arising from the failure of the law enforcement unit to 38
68	68	adopt and maintain such minimum standards and practices or a higher 39
69	69	level of accreditation standards. 40
70	70	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
71	71	sections:
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73	73	Section 1 October 1, 2019 7-294ee
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80	80	Statement of Purpose:
81	81	To require standards that govern a police pursuit of a stolen motor
82	82	vehicle being operated by or involving a passenger who is a juvenile.
83	83	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
84	84	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
85	85	not underlined.]
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