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General Statutes of Connecticut
Title 29 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND STATE POLICE
Chapter 536 - ORGANIZED CRIME INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE. REGIONAL NARCOTICS SQUADS AND COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Section 29-178 - Police officers. Powers, duties and immunities

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-178

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Section 29-178 - Police officers. Powers, duties and immunities

Any municipal police officer, while assigned to duty with the task force and working at the direction of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or his designee, shall, when acting within the scope of his authority, have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred upon him as a state police officer.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-178

(P.A. 76-400, S. 3, 7; P.A. 77-487, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)

Section does not constitute a statutory waiver of sovereign immunity authorizing an action by special state police officer to recover uninsured motorist benefits. 126 CA 414.