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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 292 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5177 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 292 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. HOWARD, 43rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING USE OF DEADLY FORCE. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That subsection (c) of section 53a-22 of the general statutes be 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | amended to provide that use of deadly force upon another person by a 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | peace officer or an authorized official of the Department of Correction 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | or the Board of Pardons and Paroles is justified if a reasonable officer or 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | official would use such force given the facts and circumstances known 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | to the officer or official at the time, instead of requiring such force be 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | objectively reasonable under the given circumstances at the time. 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 30 | 30 | To ensure that peace officers are properly evaluated for the use of force. |