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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6572
8	8		January Session, 2023
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A STATE POLICE
15	15		INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ONLINE SEXUAL
16	16		EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF MINORS.
17	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	18		Assembly convened:
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20	20		Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 29-4 of the general statutes is 1
21	21		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
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23	23		(d) The commissioner shall establish such divisions as the 4
24	24		commissioner deems necessary for effective operation of the state police 5
25	25		force and consistent with budgetary allotments, a Criminal Intelligence 6
26	26		Division, [and] a state-wide organized crime investigative task force to 7
27	27		be engaged throughout the state for the purpose of preventing and 8
28	28		detecting any violation of the criminal law, [and] a Hate Crimes 9
29	29		Investigative Unit for the purposes described in section 29-7d, and, for 10
30	30		the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, an investigative 11
31	31		task force relating to the online exploitation and sexual abuse of minors 12
32	32		for the purposes described in section 2 of this act. The head of the 13
33	33		Criminal Intelligence Division shall be of the rank of sergeant or above. 14
34	34		The head of the Hate Crimes Investigative Unit shall be of the rank of 15
35	35		sergeant or above, and shall serve as a member of the State-Wide Hate 16
36	36		Crimes Advisory Council, established under section 51-279f. The head 17 Substitute Bill No. 6572
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43	43		of the state-wide organized crime investigative task force shall be a 18
44	44		police officer. The head of the investigative task force relating to the 19
45	45		online exploitation and sexual abuse of minors shall be of the rank of 20
46	46		sergeant or above. 21
47	47		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the fiscal years ending 22
48	48		June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the Commissioner of Emergency 23
49	49		Services and Public Protection shall assign to the investigative task force 24
50	50		relating to the online exploitation and sexual abuse of minors, 25
51	51		established under subsection (d) of section 29-4 of the general statutes, 26
52	52		as amended by this act, such personnel as may be required to fulfill the 27
53	53		duties of this section. The task force shall utilize existing resources and 28
54	54		processes to: 29
55	55		(1) Investigate any suspected criminal activity and arrest any 30
56	56		individual who commits any criminal activity in the state in which such 31
57	57		individual uses the Internet to sexually abuse, sexually exploit or 32
58	58		sexually assault a minor online or in-person, or attempt to sexually 33
59	59		abuse, sexually exploit or sexually assault a minor online or in person; 34
60	60		(2) Compile, monitor and analyze data regarding any criminal 35
61	61		activity or suspected criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of this 36
62	62		subsection; and 37
63	63		(3) Share data and information with, and, at the discretion of the head 38
64	64		of the task force, provide additional assistance to, any law enforcement 39
65	65		unit to assist in the investigation of any criminal activity or suspected 40
66	66		criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. 41
67	67		(b) Not later than November 1, 2023, the Police Officer Standards and 42
68	68		Training Council, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency 43
69	69		Services and Public Protection, shall: 44
70	70		(1) Develop, and disseminate to all law enforcement units, a 45
71	71		standardized form or other reporting system to be used by a law 46
72	72		enforcement unit in making an initial notification or report to the 47
73	73		investigative task force relating to the online exploitation and sexual 48 Substitute Bill No. 6572
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80	80		abuse of minors as required by subsection (c) of this section; 49
81	81		(2) Develop best practices to facilitate the continued sharing of 50
82	82		information among and between the investigative task force relating to 51
83	83		the online exploitation and sexual abuse of minors and law enforcement 52
84	84		units; 53
85	85		(3) Take such actions as are necessary to inform the public of its right 54
86	86		to report any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity as 55
87	87		described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section and how to 56
88	88		make such reports, including, but not limited to, considering the 57
89	89		establishment of state and municipal telephone hotlines and Internet 58
90	90		web sites that can be used to make reports; and 59
91	91		(4) Develop a model policy for the investigation of the online sexual 60
92	92		exploitation and abuse of minors. 61
93	93		(c) Each law enforcement unit shall, not later than fourteen days after 62
94	94		receiving notification, information or a complaint of any criminal 63
95	95		activity or suspected criminal activity described in subdivision (1) of 64
96	96		subsection (a) of this section, provide a notice and report to the 65
97	97		investigative task force relating to the online exploitation and sexual 66
98	98		abuse of minors regarding such criminal activity or suspected criminal 67
99	99		activity using the standardized form or other reporting system 68
100	100		developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. 69
101	101		The law enforcement unit shall continue to share information regarding 70
102	102		the investigation of such criminal activity or suspected criminal activity 71
103	103		with the investigative task force relating to the online exploitation and 72
104	104		sexual abuse of minors according to the best practices developed 73
105	105		pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. 74
106	106		(d) Not later than January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026, the 75
107	107		Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall submit 76
108	108		an annual report regarding the activity and results of the investigative 77
109	109		task force relating to the online exploitation and sexual abuse of minors, 78
110	110		as well as a recommendation as to whether the investigative task force 79 Substitute Bill No. 6572
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117	117		should be extended, to the joint standing committees of the General 80
118	118		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, public 81
119	119		safety and judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 82
120	120		of the general statutes. 83
121	121		(e) For purposes of this section, "law enforcement unit" has the same 84
122	122		meaning as provided in section 7-294a of the general statutes. 85
123	123		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
124	124		sections:
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126	126		Section 1 July 1, 2023 29-4(d)
127	127		Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 New section
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129	129		de", for clarity.
130	130		KID Joint Favorable Subst.
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