(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or special act or local law, ordinance or charter to the contrary, each police officer shall forfeit such officer's appointment and position unless recertified by the council according to procedures and within the time frame established by the council. Any sworn member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection who is deemed certified under subsection (d) of section 7-294d is required to apply for recertification by the council within the time frame established by the council, unless such member retires from said division within such time frame.
(b) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council may recommend to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection any regulations it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of section 7-294a, subsection (a) of section 7-294b, sections 7-294c and 7-294d and this section, giving due consideration to the varying factors and special requirements of law enforcement units.
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as are necessary to implement the provisions of section 7-294a, subsection (a) of section 7-294b, sections 7-294c and 7-294d and this section. Such regulations shall be binding upon all law enforcement units.
(February, 1965, P.A. 575, S. 6; P.A. 81-426, S. 4; P.A. 82-357, S. 4, 8; P.A. 91-73, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-108, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 148; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 81-426 provided that after October 1, 1981, every person who is appointed a police officer, except a state police officer, must complete a basic training program and be awarded a certificate by the council or lose his position; P.A. 82-357 provided for recertification procedures effective July 1, 1982 and deleted obsolete provision which had allowed fifteen-year grace period for police officers serving without certification on October 1, 1966; P.A. 91-73 deleted obsolete provisions in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (b) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (b) to remove council's authority to adopt regulations and to authorize council to recommend regulations to Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, added Subsec. (c) authorizing Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to adopt regulations and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2011; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re recertification of sworn member deemed certified under Sec. 7-294d(d) and amended Subsec. (c) to delete exception for the Division of State Police, effective July 31, 2020.
See Sec. 29-26 re training at State Police Training School.
Cited. 13 CA 124.