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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7074
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7074
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5252
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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10	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM STATE -WIDE POLICE
11	20		PURSUIT POLICY.
12	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	22		Assembly convened:
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15	24		Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-283a of the general statutes is 1
16	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
17	26		passage): 3
18	27		(b) (1) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 4
19	28		Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the Police 5
20	29		Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police Chiefs 6
21	30		Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Correctional 7
22	31		Officers, shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, a 8
23	32		uniform, state-wide policy for handling pursuits by police officers. Such 9
24	33		policy shall specify: (A) [The conditions under which] That a police 10
25		-	officer may engage in a pursuit [and discontinue a pursuit, (B)] when 11
26		-	the police officer believes that an occupant of a moving motor vehicle 12
27		-	committed a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, (B) the factors that may 13
28		-	be considered in a police officer's decision to engage in a pursuit, 14
29		-	including, but not limited to, the protection of the public, the known or 15
30		-	suspected offense, the apparent need for immediate apprehension, risks 16
31		-	to police officers, motorists and the public and alternative measures to 17
32		-	be employed by any such police officer in order to apprehend any 18
33		-	occupant of the fleeing motor vehicle or to impede the movement of 19
34		-	such motor vehicle, (C) the factors that may be considered in a police 20 Substitute Bill No. 7074
	34	+	officer may engage in a pursuit [and discontinue a pursuit] when the 11
	35	+	police officer believes that a suspect committed a felony, as defined in 12
	36	+	section 53a-25, (B) the factors that may be considered in a police officer's 13
	37	+	decision to engage in a pursuit, including, but not limited to, the 14
	38	+	protection of the public, the known or suspected offense, the apparent 15
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 7074
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39		-	officer's decision to discontinue a pursuit, including, but not limited to, 21
40		-	risks to the public and any pursuing police officer, the protection of the 22
41		-	public, the known or suspected offense, the apparent need for 23
42		-	immediate apprehension, vehicular and pedestrian traffic conditions, 24
43		-	such as speed, volume and safety, weather conditions and whether such 25
44		-	occupant is identified and may be apprehended at a later time or 26
45		-	whether such occupant is unknown, (D) the coordination and 27
46		-	responsibility, including control over the pursuit, of supervisory 28
47		-	personnel and the police officer engaged in such pursuit, [(D)] (E) in the 29
48		-	case of a pursuit that may proceed and continue into another 30
49		-	municipality, (i) the requirement to notify and the procedures to be used 31
50		-	to notify the police department in such other municipality or, if there is 32
51		-	no organized police department in such other municipality, the officers 33
52		-	responsible for law enforcement in such other municipality, that there 34
53		-	is a pursuit in progress, and (ii) the coordination and responsibility of 35
54		-	supervisory personnel in each such municipality and the police officer 36
55		-	engaged in such pursuit, [(E)] (F) the type and amount of training in 37
56		-	pursuits, that each police officer shall undergo, which may include 38
57		-	training in vehicle simulators, if vehicle simulator training is 39
58		-	determined to be necessary, and [(F)] (G) that a police officer 40
59		-	immediately notify supervisory personnel or the officer in charge after 41
60		-	the police officer begins a pursuit. The chief of police or Commissioner 42
61		-	of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case may be, shall 43
62		-	inform each officer within such chief's or said commissioner's 44
63		-	department and each officer responsible for law enforcement in a 45
64		-	municipality in which there is no such department of the existence of 46
65		-	the policy of pursuit to be employed by any such officer and shall take 47
66		-	whatever measures that are necessary to assure that each such officer 48
67		-	understands the pursuit policy established. 49
68		-	(2) Not later than January 1, [2021] 2027, and at least once during each 50
69		-	five-year period thereafter, the Commissioner of Emergency Services 51
70		-	and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the 52
71		-	Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police 53
72		-	Chiefs Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and 54 Substitute Bill No. 7074
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	45	+	need for immediate apprehension, risks to police officers, motorists and 16
	46	+	the public and alternative measures to be employed by any such police 17
	47	+	officer in order to apprehend any occupant of the fleeing motor vehicle 18
	48	+	or to impede the movement of such motor vehicle, (C) the factors that 19
	49	+	may be considered in a police officer's decision to discontinue a pursuit, 20
	50	+	including, but not limited to, risks to the public and any pursuing police 21
	51	+	officer, the protection of the public, the known or suspected offense, the 22
	52	+	apparent need for immediate apprehension, vehicular and pedestrian 23
	53	+	traffic conditions, speeds, volume and safety, weather conditions and 24
	54	+	whether the suspect is identified and may be apprehended at a later 25
	55	+	time or whether the suspect is unknown, (D) the coordination and 26
	56	+	responsibility, including control over the pursuit, of supervisory 27
	57	+	personnel and the police officer engaged in such pursuit, [(D)] (E) in the 28
	58	+	case of a pursuit that may proceed and continue into another 29
	59	+	municipality, (i) the requirement to notify and the procedures to be used 30
	60	+	to notify the police department in such other municipality or, if there is 31
	61	+	no organized police department in such other municipality, the officers 32
	62	+	responsible for law enforcement in such other municipality, that there 33
	63	+	is a pursuit in progress, and (ii) the coordination and responsibility of 34
	64	+	supervisory personnel in each such municipality and the police officer 35
	65	+	engaged in such pursuit, [(E)] (F) the type and amount of training in 36
	66	+	pursuits, that each police officer shall undergo, which may include 37
	67	+	training in vehicle simulators, if vehicle simulator training is 38
	68	+	determined to be necessary, and [(F)] (G) that a police officer 39
	69	+	immediately notify supervisory personnel or the officer in charge after 40
	70	+	the police officer begins a pursuit. The chief of police or Commissioner 41
	71	+	of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case may be, shall 42
	72	+	inform each officer within such chief's or said commissioner's 43
	73	+	department and each officer responsible for law enforcement in a 44
	74	+	municipality in which there is no such department of the existence of 45
	75	+	the policy of pursuit to be employed by any such officer and shall take 46
	76	+	whatever measures that are necessary to assure that each such officer 47
	77	+	understands the pursuit policy established. 48
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77		-	Correctional Officers, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 55
78		-	provisions of chapter 54, to update such policy adopted pursuant to 56
79		-	subdivision (1) of this subsection. 57
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	84	+	(2) Not later than January 1, [2021] 2027, and at least once during each 49
	85	+	five-year period thereafter, the Commissioner of Emergency Services 50
	86	+	and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the 51
	87	+	Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police 52
	88	+	Chiefs Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and 53
	89	+	Correctional Officers, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 54
	90	+	provisions of chapter 54, to update such policy adopted pursuant to 55
	91	+	subdivision (1) of this subsection. 56
80	92		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
81	93		sections:
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83	95		Section 1 from passage 14-283a(b)
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85		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
86		-	In Section 1(b)(1)(A), "a suspect" was changed to "an occupant of a
87		-	moving motor vehicle" for consistency with other provisions of the
88		-	general statutes; and in Section 1(b)(1)(C), "conditions, speeds" was
89		-	changed to "conditions, such as speed" for clarity and "the suspect" was
90		-	changed to "such occupant" for consistency with other provisions of the
91		-	section and the general statutes.
	97	+	Statement of Purpose:
	98	+	To require the revision of the uniform state-wide policy for handling
	99	+	pursuits by police officers.
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93		-	PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	101	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	102	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	103	+	underlined.]
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