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      Sec. 46b-125. (Formerly Sec. 51-306). Juvenile probation officers and juvenile matters investigators. Rights in retirement system. Duties and authority. (a) All persons employed as full-time juvenile probation officers in service in this state on January 1, 1941, and appointed without examination in the first instance juvenile probation officers of this court, shall retain full rights in any pension system or retirement fund in which they participated or to which they contributed.

      (b) Probation officers shall make such investigations and reports as the court directs or the law requires. They shall execute the orders of the court; and, for that purpose, such probation officers, and any other employees specifically designated by the court to assist the probation officers in the enforcement of such orders, shall have the authority of a state marshal. They shall preserve a record of all cases investigated or coming under their care, and shall keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each person under supervision and report thereon to the court as it may direct. Any juvenile probation officer authorized by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator, and any juvenile matters investigator authorized by the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, may arrest any juvenile on probation without a warrant or may deputize any other officer with power to arrest to do so by giving such officer a written statement setting forth that the juvenile has, in the judgment of the juvenile probation officer or juvenile matters investigator, violated the conditions of the juvenile's probation. When executing such orders of the court, except when using deadly physical force, juvenile probation officers and juvenile matters investigators shall be deemed to be acting in the capacity of a peace officer, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2822; 1969, P.A. 794, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 84-198, S. 5, 7; P.A. 93-391; P.A. 00-99, S. 90, 154; P.A. 01-84, S. 3, 26; 01-195, S. 36, 181.)

      History: 1969 act specified that probation officers and other employees designated by court to assist them have authority of a deputy sheriff; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel department with department of administrative services; Sec. 17-58 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-366 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-125 in 1979, see note to Sec. 17-58; P.A. 84-198 deleted provision requiring appointment of all juvenile probation personnel from a list of persons certified by the department of administrative services as being qualified for such appointment; P.A. 93-391 inserted Subsec. indicators and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize any juvenile probation officer or juvenile matters investigator to arrest any juvenile on probation without a warrant or deputize another officer to do so and to specify when such officers and investigators are deemed to be acting in the capacity of a peace officer; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference in Subsec. (b) to deputy sheriff in each county of the state with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 01-84 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, rather than the Office of the Chief Court Administrator, authorizes a juvenile matters investigator to arrest a juvenile on probation and to make technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsec. (b) for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001.