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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]
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
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Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG) Greater Bridgeport and Valley MPO: Bridgeport: Matthew Fulda 327,651: 140.2 sq mi (363 km 2) Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 130: Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) (Same) Middletown: Samuel S. Gold 176,215: 424.1 sq mi (1,098 km 2)
As of 2015, the State of Connecticut recognized COGs as county equivalents, allowing them to apply for funding and grants made available to county governments in other states. In 2019 the state recommended to the United States Census Bureau that the nine Councils of Governments replace counties for statistical purposes. [2]
Connecticut Siting Council; Connecticut State Library; E. Connecticut State Department of Education This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 07:10 (UTC). Text ...
] WVSP is the 4th oldest State Police agency in the United States of America. Governor John Jacob Cornwell was insistent upon having a State Police force which he said, "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the ...