Sec. 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. (1) 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 (2) the
Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety, 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".
(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.)
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.
See Sec. 29-2a re legal review of state police policies and practices.