Connecticut § 7-294m - (Formerly Sec. 7-294j). Instruction re new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers.

§ 7-294m. (Formerly Sec. 7-294j). Instruction re new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers.

Sec. 7-294m. (Formerly Sec. 7-294j). Instruction re new legal developments for municipal chief law enforcement officers. (a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b, in conjunction with the office of the Chief State's Attorney and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, and the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the office of the Chief State's Attorney, shall provide instruction on the subject of new legal developments which affect police policies and practices concerning the investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal matters, each year to the chief law enforcement officer of each municipality and any person designated by such officer to serve in such capacity in such officer's absence. Each such officer may be given credit for such course of instruction toward the certified review training required by subsection (a) of section 7-294d. Such training program shall be named “The John M. Bailey Seminar on New Legal Developments Impacting Police Policies and Practices”.

(b) Not later than October 31, 2023, and annually thereafter if necessary, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b shall include in each course of instruction provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section a session regarding investigation and enforcement standards concerning cannabis, as defined in section 22-61l, and high-THC hemp products, as defined in section 21a-240.

(P.A. 90-120, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-63; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 7, 130; P.A. 95-108, S. 10; P.A. 04-147, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 105; P.A. 23-79, S. 46.)

History: P.A. 93-63 deleted requirement that instruction be provided for a minimum of four hours in two sessions to police officers who have managerial duties, substituting requirement that instruction be provided to chief law enforcement officer of each municipality and any person designated to serve in such capacity in his absence and authorized credit for such instruction toward certified review training; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical grammatical change, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 7-294j transferred to Sec. 7-294m in 1995; P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 04-147 specified that the training program be named “The John M. Bailey Seminar on New Legal Developments Impacting Police Policies and Practices” and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2004; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 replaced reference to Department of Public Safety with reference to Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 23-79 redesignated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re investigation and enforcement standards concerning cannabis, effective July 1, 2023.

See Sec. 29-2a re legal review of state police policies and practices.