CONNECTICUT RESIDENT STATE POLICE SYSTEM (FROM POLICE PATROL READINGS, 2D ED. 1970, BY SAMUEL G CHAPMAN SEE NCJ-01974)

• NCJ Number: 15180
• Author(s): J H ELLIS
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. ARTICLE FROM POLICE, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1960.

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THIS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SMALL TOWNS THAT DO NOT HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO CONTRACT FOR THE FULL-TIME SERVICES OF A STATE TROOPER.

Abstract

THIS PROGRAM WAS BEGUN IN 1947 FOR THOSE TOWNS LARGE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE MORE THAN OCCASIONAL STATE PATROL, BUT NOT BIG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A POLICE DEPARTMENT. TOWNS RECEIVING SUCH SERVICES USUALLY PAY ABOUT ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL COSTS. SHARES ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE AND CONTROL. CONTRACTS COVER TWO-YEAR PERIODS AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. CONNECTICUT'S 30 RESIDENT OFFICER POSITIONS ARE IN EXCESS OF THE REGULARLY AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF STATE TROOPERS, AND APPOINTEES POSSESS THE SAME POWERS AND RIGHTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RULES AND REGULATIONS AS REGULAR TROOPERS.