General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5098
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 318
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. CALLAHAN, 108th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRAINING AND LIABILITY OF LAKE
PATROLMEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That section 7-151b of the general statutes be amended to require the
2 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to provide
3 sufficient police training courses and firearms safety courses to ensure
4 lake patrolmen are able to carry firearms or batons while on duty and to
5 make mandatory, instead of optional, that lake authorities indemnify
6 lake patrolmen while acting in the scope of their employment.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure lake patrolmen receive adequate training to protect
themselves and properly enforce boating laws.
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