Connecticut § 29-2 - Powers of commissioner.
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§ 29-2. Powers of commissioner.
Sec. 29-2. Powers of commissioner. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall have all the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman. He shall submit to the Governor an annual report, as provided in section 4-60, setting forth in detail the work of said division. Said commissioner shall prescribe rules for the government of the division and, in any investigation made by him relating to the personnel of the division, may administer oaths and summon witnesses and compel their attendance as provided by law for the attendance of witnesses at court.
(1949 Rev., S. 3641; June, 1955, S. 1985d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 74-106, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-180, S. 152, 166; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 74-106 deleted provision requiring that general office of the state police department be located in Hartford; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced state police commissioner and department with commissioner of public safety and division of state police within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 96-180 substituted “The Commissioner of Public Safety” for “Said commissioner”, effective June 3, 1996; 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.
See Sec. 7-285 for disposition of articles found or stolen articles recovered.
Cited. 161 C. 324.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 163.
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