2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 533a - Bail Enforcement Agents
Section 29-152l - Restrictions on wearing or displaying certain uniforms, badges or other insignia.
(a) No professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, surety bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, shall wear, carry or display any uniform, badge, shield or other insignia or emblems that purport to indicate that such bondsman or agent is an employee, officer or agent of the state or any political subdivision of the state or of the federal government.
(b) No bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, shall wear, carry or display a badge that indicates that he or she is a bail enforcement agent or performs the duties of a bail enforcement agent unless the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection has approved such badge. If the commissioner suspends or revokes, or refuses to renew, the license of a bail enforcement agent, such agent shall surrender any badge approved by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection when such agent surrenders such license pursuant to section 29-152i. Any violation of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(P.A. 97-287, S. 9; P.A. 13-94, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 13-94 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re approval of badge of bail enforcement agent, surrender of badge and penalty for violation.
