2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46b - Family Law
Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters
Section 46b-125 - (Formerly Sec. 51-306). Juvenile probation officers and juvenile matters investigators. Rights in retirement system. Duties and authority.
Juvenile probation officers shall investigate and submit reports and recommendations to the court, including predispositional studies in accordance with section 46b-134. Juvenile probation officers shall provide supervision and make referrals to preadjudication and postadjudication services based on the juvenile's risks and needs, as determined by the risk and needs assessment. Juvenile probation officers shall work collaboratively with treatment providers to ensure programs and services are adequately addressing the needs of juveniles under supervision. 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 keep records of all cases investigated or coming under their care, and shall keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each juvenile placed under supervision and report thereon to the court as the court may direct. Any juvenile probation officer authorized by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator 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, 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; P.A. 18-31, S. 31.)
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; 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; P.A. 18-31 deleted Subsec. (a) re persons employed as full-time juvenile probation officers to retain rights in pension system or retirement fund, deleted Subsec. (b) designator, added provisions re recommendations to be made to the court, providing supervision and making referrals to preadjudication and postadjudication services, added provision re juvenile probation officers to work collaboratively with treatment providers, deleted references to juvenile matters investigator, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2018.
