General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5163
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 405
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. GREEN, 55th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STATE-WIDE POLICY
FOR PURSUITS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That subsection (b) of section 14-283a of the general statutes be
2 amended to require the state-wide policy for handling pursuits by
3 police officers specify that a police officer may engage in a pursuit when
4 the driver of the fleeing vehicle is suspected of a crime against property,
5 including theft of a motor vehicle.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow police officers to more effectively apprehend a person
suspected of stealing a motor vehicle.
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