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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.
The Connecticut State Police was created under House Bill #247 on May 29, 1903. Initially, five men, paid three dollars a day, were hired to enforce state liquor and vice laws, making it one of the oldest State Police forces in the nation. [3]
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection was created due to a statewide reorganization of state agencies. The reorganization dissolved the Department of Public Safety, merged the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, dissolved the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) and merged the Police ...
National accreditation was granted to the State Capitol Police Department by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies on March 22, 2003. Officers meet and maintain police officer certification standards, as mandated by state law and regulated by the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council. [1] The State ...
Due to its proximity to the state capital at Hartford, Wethersfield is the site of several State of Connecticut agencies: The Department of Motor Vehicles office and testing location at 60 State Street. The Department of Labor is headquartered at 200 Folly Brook Boulevard. The Department of Correction is headquartered at 24 Wolcott Hill Road.
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On Oct. 29, Hartford Township Fire Department received an emergency call regarding a brush/grass fire near North County Line Road and Roberts Road NW in the township.
Until 1968, the Hartford County Sheriff's Department ran the Hartford County Jail located on Seyms Street in Hartford, [10] the High Sheriff and his family lived in the jail until the newly formed Connecticut Department of Correction took over responsibility for the facility. In 1986, the Hartford County Sheriff's Department became responsible ...