Bill Text: CT HB05174 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Penalty For Assault Of An Off-duty Police Officer Or Department Of Correction Employee.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-10 - Public Hearing 02/16 [HB05174 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05174-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 3424 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULT OF AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER OR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION EMPLOYEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) For the purposes of this section, "public safety employee" means a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a of the general statutes, or an employee of the Department of Correction.
(b) A person is guilty of assault of an off-duty public safety employee when such person, with intent to intimidate or harass, or to retaliate against, another person on account of the performance by such other person of such other person's duties as a public safety employee, causes physical injury to such other person, provided such other person was (1) reasonably identifiable as a public safety employee, (2) off-duty, and (3) not the initial aggressor.
(c) Assault of an off-duty public safety employee is a class C felony.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2017 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a penalty for the assault of a reasonably identifiable off-duty police officer and employee of the Department of Correction.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]