2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 529 - Division of State Police
Section 29-18c - Special policemen for Department of Consumer Protection.
The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint not more than four persons employed as investigators in the security unit of the Department of Consumer Protection, upon the nomination of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, to act as special policemen in said unit. Such appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. During such tenure, they shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen while investigating or making arrests for any offense arising from the operation of any off-track betting system or the conduct of any lottery game. Such special policemen shall be certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive.
(P.A. 84-457, S. 1, 3; P.A. 11-51, S. 134, 182.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Division of Special Revenue”, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “Commissioner of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection”, “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 12-564a re reporting of investigations and arrest data.
