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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5375
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1672
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. NUCCIO, 53rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE ANIMALS AND DOGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That (1) section 53-247 of the general statutes be amended to (A) 1
increase the penalty for intentionally injuring a police animal or dog in 2
a volunteer canine search and rescue team, and (B) establish a penalty 3
for annoying, teasing, tormenting or harassing a police animal that is 4
confined in a motor vehicle; and (2) the general statutes be amended to 5
(A) allow emergency medical services personnel to provide emergency 6
treatment and transportation to an injured police animal under certain 7
circumstances, and (B) establish a grant program to provide canine 8
officers with body armor. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To protect police animals.