Bill Text: CT HB05531 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing Educational Requirements For Municipal And State Police Officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security [HB05531 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05531-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5531
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 733
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL AND STATE POLICE OFFICERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 7-294d and 29-3a of the general statutes be amended to require municipal and state police officers to obtain an associate degree not later than the date five years after the date on which such officers are sworn in.

Statement of Purpose:

To develop more highly educated municipal and state police forces.