Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-156b
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Sec. 10a-156b. (Formerly Sec. 10a-142). Special police forces.
Official statutory text
(b) Members of the special police forces shall continue to be state employees and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 67, and parts II and III of this chapter. The provisions of part V of chapter 104 and section 7-433c shall not apply to such members.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, positions in the special police forces for The University of Connecticut at Storrs and its several campuses and The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington shall be unclassified in state service and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 5-206 , section 5-208 and subsection (b) of section 5-200a . The positions held by such special police forces shall be within the bargaining unit that represents protective services employees and shall not be severed.
(d) The president of The University of Connecticut shall establish classifications for the special police forces positions for The University of Connecticut at Storrs and its several campuses, including The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, using objective job-related criteria, including, but not limited to: (1) Knowledge and skill required to carry out the duties of each position, (2) mental and physical effort required to carry out the duties of each position, and (3) the level of accountability assigned to each position. The president shall establish and administer all necessary examinations for such special police forces.
(e) The special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section shall have access to, and use of, the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system without charge.
(f) The chief executive officer of any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section which maintains a special police force may enter into an agreement with one or more of said other institutions which maintain a special police force to furnish or receive police assistance under the same conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of section 7-277a .
(g) The state shall protect and save harmless any member of the special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section from financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of the alleged deprivation by such member of any person's civil rights, which deprivation was not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such member, at the time of such acts resulting in such alleged deprivation, was acting in the discharge of such member's duties or within the scope of such member's employment or under the direction of a superior officer.
(h) Reasonable legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention, by any member of the special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section, of an attorney to represent such member's interests in any action referred to in subsection (g) of this section shall be borne by the state in those cases in which (1) such member is ultimately found not to have acted in a wanton, reckless or malicious manner, or (2) no punitive damages are ultimately assessed against such member.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, positions in the special police forces for The University of Connecticut at Storrs and its several campuses and The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington shall be unclassified in state service and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 5-206 , section 5-208 and subsection (b) of section 5-200a . The positions held by such special police forces shall be within the bargaining unit that represents protective services employees and shall not be severed.
(d) The president of The University of Connecticut shall establish classifications for the special police forces positions for The University of Connecticut at Storrs and its several campuses, including The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, using objective job-related criteria, including, but not limited to: (1) Knowledge and skill required to carry out the duties of each position, (2) mental and physical effort required to carry out the duties of each position, and (3) the level of accountability assigned to each position. The president shall establish and administer all necessary examinations for such special police forces.
(e) The special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section shall have access to, and use of, the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system without charge.
(f) The chief executive officer of any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section which maintains a special police force may enter into an agreement with one or more of said other institutions which maintain a special police force to furnish or receive police assistance under the same conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of section 7-277a .
(g) The state shall protect and save harmless any member of the special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section from financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of the alleged deprivation by such member of any person's civil rights, which deprivation was not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such member, at the time of such acts resulting in such alleged deprivation, was acting in the discharge of such member's duties or within the scope of such member's employment or under the direction of a superior officer.
(h) Reasonable legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention, by any member of the special police force for any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section, of an attorney to represent such member's interests in any action referred to in subsection (g) of this section shall be borne by the state in those cases in which (1) such member is ultimately found not to have acted in a wanton, reckless or malicious manner, or (2) no punitive damages are ultimately assessed against such member.
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