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CT HB05547
Bill
Status
3/16/2012
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
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Allows officers to release persons arrested without prior complaint or warrant if the officer determines there are insufficient grounds for making a criminal complaint, with no arrest record created.
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Persons released under this provision are not deemed to have been arrested, and no entry or record indicating arrest or criminal charges shall be made.
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Clarifies that assistance provided by police officers to intoxicated persons in public places is not an arrest and shall not be recorded as such.
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Specifies that protective custody of incapacitated persons by police officers is not an arrest and shall not be recorded as such.
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Effective October 1, 2012, amending sections 54-1f and 17a-683 of the general statutes.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Release From Arrest Without Further Criminal Complaint.
Last Action
Public Hearing 03/29
3/23/2012