(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, maintain and operate the Connecticut Police Academy to offer training for municipal police officers. The department, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, shall fix tuition and fees for training, education programs and sessions and for such other purposes as the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection deems necessary for the operation and support of the academy. Such fees shall be used solely for training and educational purposes.
(b) The department may establish and maintain a municipal police officer training and education extension account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The account shall be used for the operation of such training and education programs and sessions as the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, may establish. All proceeds derived from the operation of the training and education programs and sessions shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be credited to and become a part of the resources of the account. All direct expenses incurred in the conduct of the training and education programs and sessions shall be charged and any payments of interest and principal of bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the payment of interest and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations may be charged, against the account on order of the State Comptroller. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in the account to be used for training and education programs and sessions.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 40; P.A. 11-51, S. 149; 11-61, S. 97.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-51 replaced former provisions re recovering costs of providing training at Connecticut Police Academy from municipalities with Subsecs. (a) and (b) re maintenance and operation of Connecticut Police Academy, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 added “in consultation with the Police Officer Standards and Training Council” re department's duties and deleted provision re approval of Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2011.
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