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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5637
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1958
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. LAMARK MUIR, 36th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING
RESIDENT STATE TROOPERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 29-5 of the general statutes be amended to provide that, 1
for a municipality where a resident state trooper is detailed: (1) The 2
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the 3
chief elected official of such municipality shall jointly determine which 4
resident state trooper is best suited to be detailed to such municipality; 5
(2) said official shall provide an evaluation and assessment of the 6
resident state trooper's performance and production to said 7
commissioner on a schedule set by said commissioner, provided said 8
official provides such evaluation and assessment at least once per year; 9
(3) said commissioner shall make a reasonable effort to reassign the 10
resident state trooper upon request by said official, if said official 11
provides documentation of the resident state trooper's performance, 12
production or other issues; and (4) the resident state trooper shall 13
comply with a policing plan established by said official, provided such 14
plan does not violate any policy of the Department of Emergency 15 Proposed Bill No. 5637
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Services and Public Protection. 16
Statement of Purpose:
To provide chief elected officials in municipalities where a resident state
trooper is detailed with a defined scope of responsibility for policing the
community.