Connecticut § 29-177 - Special state police. Task force duties. Compensation. Indemnification.
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§ 29-177. Special state police. Task force duties. Compensation. Indemnification.
Sec. 29-177. Special state police. Task force duties. Compensation. Indemnification. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may from time to time select such number of police personnel of any municipality of the state to act temporarily as special state policemen to carry out the duties of the task force as he deems necessary. Such policemen shall be appointed from a list of names of persons recommended to the State-Wide Narcotics Task Force Policy Board by the chiefs of police of the municipalities and approved by said board.
(b) Each municipality shall be responsible for the full payment of the compensation of personnel temporarily assigned to the state-wide narcotics task force and such salary shall be payable to such assigned personnel while on duty with said task force.
(c) For purposes of indemnification of such personnel and its municipalities against any losses, damages or liabilities arising out of the service and activities of the task force, personnel while assigned to, and performing the duties of, the task force shall be deemed to be acting as employees of the state.
(P.A. 76-400, S. 2, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 2, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 87-452; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 77-487 deleted provisions re regional narcotics squads, their supervisory boards and the state narcotics enforcement coordinating committee and inserted provisions re special state policemen appointed to carry out duties of task force; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-452 amended Subsec. (c) to provide, for purposes of indemnification, that personnel assigned to and performing duties of the task force shall be deemed to be acting as state employees, not as municipal employees; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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