Connecticut § 18-81nn - Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections.
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§ 18-81nn. Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections.
Sec. 18-81nn. Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections. (a) Any correction officer who witnesses another correction officer use what the witnessing correction officer objectively knows to be excessive or illegal use of force shall intervene and attempt to stop such other correction officer from using such force. Any correction officer who fails to intervene in such an incident may be prosecuted and punished in accordance with the provisions of section 53a-8 for the same acts as the correction officer who used unreasonable, excessive or illegal force.
(b) Any correction officer who witnesses another correction officer use what the witnessing correction officer objectively knows to be unreasonable, excessive or illegal use of force or is otherwise aware of such use of force by another correction officer shall report, as soon as is practicable, such use of force to the witnessing correction officer's immediate supervisor. Such supervisor shall immediately report such use of force to the immediate supervisor of the correction officer who is reported to have used such force. Any correction officer required to report such an incident who fails to do so may be prosecuted and punished in accordance with the provisions of sections 53a-165 to 53a-167, inclusive.
(c) The Department of Correction or any employee of the department shall not take any retaliatory personnel action or discriminate against a correction officer because such correction officer intervened in an incident pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or reported an incident pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Such intervening or reporting correction officer shall be protected by the provisions of section 4-61dd.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 43.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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