Sec. 29-21. Special policemen for war industry premises.
Sec. 29-21. Special policemen for war industry premises. Upon the application
of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the production of war materials owning,
leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any property, plant or equipment in this
state, the Commissioner of Public Safety may, during his pleasure and for such period
as is declared by the Governor to be a war emergency or an emergency that affects
the interests of state and national defense, commission one or more suitable persons
designated by such person, firm or corporation, who, having been sworn, may act at the
expense of such person, firm or corporation as special policemen upon the premises
used or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in its business, or with the approval
of the chief executive officer of the police department of the municipality in which such
premises are located, upon any highway adjacent to such premises, for the protection
of such plant or property. Each special policeman so appointed may be armed while on
duty upon such premises and may arrest and take before some proper authority any
person in his precinct for any offense committed therein. Said commissioner may exercise such supervision and direction over any policeman so appointed as he deems necessary, and he may, for such purpose, enter upon the premises used or occupied by such
person, firm or corporation in its business. When any such commission is issued or
revoked, said commissioner shall notify the clerk of the superior court for each judicial
district in which such policeman acts. Each such policeman shall, when on duty, wear
in plain view a shield bearing the words "special police" and the name of the person,
firm or corporation for which he is commissioned.
(1951, S. 1992d; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1,
1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted "judicial district" for "county".