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2021 CT S.B. 1093

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW BOARDS, SECURITY GUARDS, BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT, SEARCHES BY POLICE, LIMITATIONS ON OFFENSES SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC ERASURE, ENTICING A JUVENILE TO COMMIT A CRIME, LAWFUL ORDERS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND NOTICE TO A VICTIM CONCERNING AUTOMATIC ERASURE OF CRIMINAL RECORD HISTORY.

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Provides explicit language for the objection to and enforcement of a subpoena issued by a civilian police review board, modifies provision concerning viewing by a police officer and his or representative of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camer...

Provides explicit language for the objection to and enforcement of a subpoena issued by a civilian police review board, modifies provision concerning viewing by a police officer and his or representative of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera footage, bans police officers decertified in other states from being licensed as a security guard, bans no-knock search warrants and modify police search statutes, and allows the court to draw adverse or unfavorable inferences in the case of a police officer’s deliberate failure to record an incident of use of force.

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2021 CT H.B. 6597

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING ACCREDITATION, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, DATA STORAGE SERVICES AND TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

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Concerns the accreditation, reporting requirements, mental health, body-worn recording equipment, data storage services, training and hiring of law enforcement officers.

2021 CT H.B. 6598

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST HIRING POLICE OFFICERS DISMISSED FOR MALFEASANCE OR WHO RESIGNED OR RETIRED WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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Concerns the prohibition against hiring police officers dismissed for malfeasance or who resigned or retired while under investigation.

2021 CT H.B. 6597

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING ACCREDITATION, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, DATA STORAGE SERVICES AND TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

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Concerns the accreditation, reporting requirements, mental health, body-worn recording equipment, data storage services, training and hiring of law enforcement officers.

2021 CT H.B. 6598

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST HIRING POLICE OFFICERS DISMISSED FOR MALFEASANCE OR WHO RESIGNED OR RETIRED WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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Concerns the prohibition against hiring police officers dismissed for malfeasance or who resigned or retired while under investigation.

2021 CT H.B. 6355

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING RISK PROTECTION ORDERS OR WARRANTS AND DISQUALIFIERS FOR FIREARM PERMITS AND ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES.

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Provides that upon complaint on oath by a state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, or by any specified number of police officers who have probable cause to believe a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to themself or another person, a...

Provides that upon complaint on oath by a state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, or by any specified number of police officers who have probable cause to believe a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to themself or another person, any judge of the Superior Court may issue a risk protection order prohibiting such person from acquiring or possessing a firearm or other deadly weapon or ammunition,relates to warrants for search and to take into custody any and all firearms and ammunition

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2021 CT H.B. 6355

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING RISK PROTECTION ORDERS OR WARRANTS AND DISQUALIFIERS FOR FIREARM PERMITS AND ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES.

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Provides that upon complaint on oath by a state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, or by any specified number of police officers who have probable cause to believe a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to themself or another person, a...

Provides that upon complaint on oath by a state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, or by any specified number of police officers who have probable cause to believe a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to themself or another person, any judge of the Superior Court may issue a risk protection order prohibiting such person from acquiring or possessing a firearm or other deadly weapon or ammunition,relates to warrants for search and to take into custody any and all firearms and ammunition

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2021 CT H.B. 6040

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALVIN W. PENN RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITION ACT.

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Extends the provisions of the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act to cover all police stops, including pedestrian stops, in order to give a full and complete picture of any and all racial profiling taking place in the state.

2021 CT H.B. 6041

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE SEARCHES, USE OF FORCE AND DEPRIVATION OF EQUAL PROTECTION BY POLICE OFFICERS.

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Repeals provisions governing search of a motor vehicle by law enforcement officers,delays the effective date of changes to provisions governing use of force by police officers in order to provide sufficient time for police officers to be trained and delay...

Repeals provisions governing search of a motor vehicle by law enforcement officers,delays the effective date of changes to provisions governing use of force by police officers in order to provide sufficient time for police officers to be trained and delay the effective date of provisions regarding civil suits for deprivation of equal protection of the laws of the state committed by police officers in order to fully analyze the effects of the provisions on municipalities.

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2021 CT H.B. 6300

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE TERMINATED FOR OR RESIGNED OR RETIRED WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT.

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Concerns the prohibition on employment of police officers who were terminated for or resigned or retired while under investigation for certain conduct,grants due process protections and the opportunity for relief from the prohibition on future employment ...

Concerns the prohibition on employment of police officers who were terminated for or resigned or retired while under investigation for certain conduct,grants due process protections and the opportunity for relief from the prohibition on future employment as a police officer to officers who were previously terminated, or who resigned or retired while under investigation, for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such person’s fitness to serve as a police officer.

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2021 CT S.B. 781

Title - AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING REQUIRED BY THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY AND POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCI

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Requires a study of the crisis intervention training required by the state police academy and police officer standards and training council,recognizes that incidences related to mental health are on the rise and to provide law enforcement officers with th...

Requires a study of the crisis intervention training required by the state police academy and police officer standards and training council,recognizes that incidences related to mental health are on the rise and to provide law enforcement officers with the tools they need for mental health awareness and crisis intervention.

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2021 Bill Tracking CT H.B. 6045

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING NOTATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASES REGARDING PEOPLE WHO MAY INADVERTENTLY RESPOND INAPPROPRIATELY TO COMMANDS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

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Concerns notations in law enforcement databases regarding people who may inadvertently respond inappropriately to commands from law enforcement officers,helps prevent misunderstandings in interactions with law enforcement officers that may result in the u...

Concerns notations in law enforcement databases regarding people who may inadvertently respond inappropriately to commands from law enforcement officers,helps prevent misunderstandings in interactions with law enforcement officers that may result in the use of force.

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