Sec. 29-38e. State-wide firearms trafficking task force. Composition. Duties.
Sec. 29-38e. State-wide firearms trafficking task force. Composition. Duties.
(a) There shall be within the Division of State Police, within the Department of Public
Safety, a state-wide firearms trafficking task force for the effective cooperative enforcement of the laws of this state concerning the distribution and possession of firearms.
(b) The task force shall be comprised of municipal and state law enforcement officers and may include federal law enforcement officers. Such task force shall be authorized to conduct any investigation authorized by this section at any place within the state
as may be deemed necessary.
(c) The task force may request and may receive from any federal, state or local
agency, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties, including the temporary assignment of personnel which may be necessary to carry out the performance of
its functions.
(d) The task force may enter into mutual assistance and cooperation agreements
with other states pertaining to firearms law enforcement matters extending across state
boundaries, and may consult and exchange information and personnel with agencies of
other states with reference to firearms law enforcement problems of mutual concern.
(e) The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint a commanding officer and
such other personnel as the commissioner deems necessary for the duties of the task
force, within available appropriations.
(f) The task force shall: (1) Review the problem of illegal trafficking in firearms
and its effects, including its effects on the public, and implement solutions to address
the problem; (2) identify persons illegally trafficking in firearms and focus resources
to prosecute such persons; (3) track firearms which were sold or distributed illegally
and implement solutions to remove such firearms from persons illegally in possession
of them; and (4) coordinate its activities with other law enforcement agencies within
and without the state.
(P.A. 00-192, S. 40, 102.)
History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000.