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3 | 3 | LCO No. 291 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5176 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 291 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. HOWARD, 43rd Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING A POLICE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO REQUEST | |
19 | 19 | CONSENT TO SEARCH A MOTOR VEHICLE. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That section 54-33o of the general statutes be amended to restore a 1 | |
24 | 24 | police officer's ability to request consent to search a motor vehicle when 2 | |
25 | 25 | the officer has a reasonable and articulable suspicion that weapons, 3 | |
26 | 26 | contraband or other evidence of a crime is contained within the vehicle. 4 | |
27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
28 | 28 | To allow police officers the ability to request consent to search a motor | |
29 | 29 | vehicle in order to take illegal weapons and drugs off the street, as well | |
30 | 30 | as assist in collecting evidence of a crime. |