Connecticut § 29-18a - Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties.
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§ 29-18a. Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties.
Sec. 29-18a. Special policemen for investigating public assistance fraud. Appointment, powers and duties. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may appoint one or more persons to act as special policemen in the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, for the purpose of investigating public assistance fraud relating to the beneficiaries of public assistance in this state. Such appointees, having been sworn, shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and, during such tenure, shall have all the powers conferred on state policemen. They shall, in addition to their duties concerning public assistance cases, be subject to the call of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such emergency service as he may prescribe.
(1971, P.A. 6, S. 1; P.A. 76-334, S. 11, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 129, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 125, 136; P.A. 00-99, S. 76, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 76-334 specified that special policemen in division of central collections, department of finance and control have powers of sheriffs and their deputies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of finance and control with commissioner and department of administrative services, deleting reference to central collections division of the defunct department; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to commissioner and department of administrative services, substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police pursuant to changes enacted in P.A. 77-614, specified that remaining reference to “department” refers to department of public safety and specified duties of special policemen; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs and their deputies, effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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