CT HB05153

Grants sworn agents and sworn uniformed division officers of the United States Secret Service the same authority as peace officers to use physical force when effecting arrests, preventing escapes from custody, and defending themselves or others from imminent physical force.

Exempts Secret Service agents from the duty to retreat before using deadly physical force when in their place of work and not the initial aggressor, equivalent to existing exemptions for peace officers.

Allows Secret Service agents to obtain and serve search warrants and arrest warrants for financial crimes, and to make warrantless arrests for felonies committed in their presence if they have probable cause.

Defines "financial crimes" as violations of specified statutes including fraud, forgery, larceny, embezzlement, identity theft, and counterfeiting offenses.

All provisions take effect October 1, 2010.