HB 5283 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PAROLE OFFICERS AS PEACE OFFICERS.

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5283172) House ofBill Representatives,No. March 28, 2024 The Committee on Public Safety and Security reported through REP.

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AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PAROLE OFFICERS AS PEACE OFFICERS.

(9) "Peace officer" means a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or an organized local police department, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a state marshal while exercising authority granted under any provision of the general statutes, a judicial marshal in the performance of the duties of a judicial marshal, a conservation officer or special conservation officer, as defined in section 26-5, a constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties, a special policeman appointed under section 29-18, 29-18a, 29-18b or 29- 19,anadultprobationofficer,anofficialoftheDepartmentofCorrection authorized by the Commissioner of Correction to make arrests in a HB5283 / File No.

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172662 authorized by the Commissioner of Correction to make arrests in a correctional institution or facility, a parole officer, as defined in section 31-294k, in the performance of the duties of a parole officer, any investigator in the investigations unit of the office of the State Treasurer, an inspector of motor vehicles in the Department of Motor Vehicles, who is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, a United States marshal or deputy marshal, any special agent of the federal government authorized to enforce the provisions of Title 21 of the United States Code, or a member of a law enforcement unit of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut created and governed by a memorandum of agreement under section 47-65c who is certified as a police officer by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council pursuant to sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive;

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172662 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.

None Explanation The bill adds parole officers to the definition of peace officer which allowsparole officersofficersadditionalpowersandprotections additionalpowersandprotections resulting inno fiscal impact to the state.

House "A" strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal impact resulting in the impact described above.

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172662 OLR Bill Analysis HB 5283 (as amended by House "A")* AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PAROLE OFFICERS AS PEACE OFFICERS.

SUMMARY This bill expands the definition of “peace officer” to include parole officers.officers when performing their duties.

By designating them as peace officers, the bill specifically allows parole officersofficers, when performing their duties, to do the following, among other things:

make arrests in their jurisdiction without a warrant (a) of a person apprehended while committing an offense or (b) on the speedy information of others (CGS § 54-1f),54-1f); 2.

use2. a hand-held cellphone while driving and performing official duties within the scope of their employment (CGS § 14-296aa), 3.

beuse considereda peacehand-held officerscellphone underwhile thedriving state’sand Blueperforming Alertofficial system,duties whichwithin canthe bescope used to apprehend anyone suspected of killingtheir oremployment seriously injuring a peace officer or to locate a missing officer (CGS § 29-1k),14-296aa); HB5283 / File No.

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172be 4.considered peace officers under the state’s Blue Alert system, HB5283 / File No.

obtain662 a4 motorHB5283 vehicle’sFile eventNo. data recorder under a search warrant (CGS § 14-164aa), and 5.

662 which can be used to apprehend anyone suspected of killing or seriously injuring a peace officer or to locate a missing officer (CGS § 29-1k);

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obtain a motor vehicle’s event data recorder under a search warrant (CGS § 14-164aa);

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*House Amendment “A” limits the underlying bill’s designation of parole officers as peace officers to when the parole officers are doing their duties.

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