SB 258 — AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE PATROL VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE DASHBOARD CAMERAS AND THE ACQUISITION OF A MINE-RESISTANT, AMBUSH-PROTECTED VEHICLE.

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AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE PATROL VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE DASHBOARD CAMERAS AND THE ACQUISITION OF A MINE- RESISTANT, AMBUSH-PROTECTED VEHICLE.

(6) "Police patrol vehicle" means any state or local police vehicle [other than] but does not include an administrative vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-worn camera equipment, a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all-terrain vehicle, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-289h, a nonmotorized watercraft or an animal control vehicle.

(Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of SB258subsection /(b) Fileof No.section 7-294jj of the general statutes, not later than January 1, 2023, the municipal police department for the town of West Haven may acquire one mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle from the municipal police department for the town of Farmington.

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120 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

See Below Explanation The bill allows the City of West Haven to acquire a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle from the Town of Farmington.

This results in a potential cost to the City of West Haven, and corresponding potential revenue gain to the Town of Farmington that will depend on the provisions of an agreement between the two municipalities for the acquisition of the vehicle.

The bill also makes a technical change that has no fiscal impact.

The Out Years Any out-year impact due to the bill would depend on the provisions of the agreement between the City of West Haven and the Town of Farmington for acquisition of the vehicle.

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120 OLR Bill Analysis SB 258 AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE PATROL VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE DASHBOARD CAMERAS AND THE ACQUISITION OF A MINE-RESISTANT, AMBUSH-PROTECTED VEHICLE.

SUMMARY Under existing law, beginning July 1, 2022, each state and local law enforcement unit must require the use of dashboard cameras with a remote recorder in each police patrol vehicle used by any of the police officers it employs (see BACKGROUND) (CGS § 29-6d(c)).

This bill modifies the current definition of “police patrol vehicle” to explicitly exclude the following types of vehicles:

(1) administrative vehicles with a body camera-wearing occupant, (2) bicycles, (3) motor scooters, (4) all- terrain vehicles, (5) electric personal assistive mobility devices, and (6) animal control vehicles.

Therefore, a “police patrol vehicle” is any state or local police vehicle besides these excluded vehicles.

Also, existing law prohibits law enforcement agencies (i.e., State Police and municipal police departments) from acquiring certain military equipment (i.e., controlled equipment), including mine- resistant ambush-protected vehicles (CGS § 7-294jj).

Regardless of this law, the bill allows the West Haven municipal police department to acquire, by January 1, 2023, one mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle from the Farmington municipal police department.

The bill specifies that the West Haven municipal police department is otherwise subject to existing law governing controlled equipment (e.g., law enforcement agencies that may keep controlled equipment are prohibited from using it for crowd management or intimidation tactics).

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage, except the provision explicitly excluding certain vehicles from the “police patrol vehicle” definition is effective July 1, 2022.

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120 BACKGROUND Definitions By law, a “law enforcement unit” is any state or municipal agency or department (or tribal agency or department created and governed under a memorandum of agreement) whose primary functions include enforcing criminal or traffic laws;

preserving public order;

protecting life and property;

or preventing, detecting, or investigating crime.