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Connecticut Senate approves option for regional police authorities with union provisions
Summary
The Senate adopted an amendment to SB 1489 creating an optional framework for municipalities under 50,000 to form regional police authorities, including oversight rules, reporting requirements and provisions for unionized officers; the bill passed unanimously (36-0).
The Connecticut Senate on May 8 adopted SB 1489, which creates an optional mechanism for two or more municipalities with populations of 50,000 or fewer to combine police departments into regional police authorities that would oversee budgets, operations and public-safety standards.
Senator Marilyn Gaston, the bill’s floor proponent, said the amendment (LCO 7807) removed an earlier grant program and added explicit provisions for unionization and municipal liability. "An application must be submitted to the commissioner, who may approve it if the regional force is…
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