PEACE OFFICER

"Peace officer" means <select one or more of the following:>

• a member of the division of state police within the department of public safety or an organized local police department.

• a chief inspector or inspector in the division of criminal justice.

• a state marshal while exercising authority granted under any provision of the general statutes.

• a judicial marshal in the performance of the duties of a judicial marshal.

• a conservation officer or special conservation officer.¹

• a constable who performs criminal law enforcement duties.

• a special policeman for state property.²

• a special policeman for investigating public assistance fraud.³

• a special policeman for utility and transportation companies.⁴

• an adult probation officer.

• an official of the department of correction authorized by the commissioner of correction to make arrests in a correctional institution or facility.

• any investigator in the investigations unit of the office of the state treasurer.

• any special agent of the federal government authorized to enforce the provisions of Title 21 of the United States Code. 

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¹ As defined in General Statutes § 26-5.

² Appointed under General Statutes § 29-18.

³ Appointed under General Statutes § 29-18a.

⁴ Appointed under General Statutes § 29-19.

Source:  General Statutes § 53a-3 (9) (applies to Penal Code).  

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