SB 402

General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 402
  February Session, 2026  LCO No. 1436
 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
 Introduced by:
   (PS)
 AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "RETIRED POLICE
 OFFICER" FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS REGARDING
 SCHOOL SECURITY SERVICES.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Section 10-244a of the general statutes is repealed and the
2     following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
3(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year
4    thereafter, no municipality or local or regional board of education may
5    employ or enter into an agreement, as described in subdivision (2) of
6    subsection (b) of section 53a-217b, with any person, other than a sworn
7    member of an organized local police department or a retired police
8    officer as provided in subsection (b) of this section, to provide security
9    services in a public school if such person will possess a firearm, as
10    defined in section 53a-3, while in the performance of his or her duties.
11(b) A municipality or a local or regional board of education may
12    employ or enter into an agreement with a retired police officer to
13    provide security services in a public school if such retired police officer
14    is a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in 18 USC 926C,
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15 as amended from time to time. Such retired police officer shall receive
16 annual training pursuant to section 7-294x and shall successfully
17 complete annual firearms training provided by a certified firearms
18 instructor that meets or exceeds the standards of the Police Officer
19 Standards and Training Council or 18 USC 926C, as amended from time
20 to time. Such retired police officer shall not be subject to the licensing
21 requirements of part II of chapter 534.
22    (c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, "retired police
23 officer" means (1) a sworn member of an organized local police
24 department who was certified by the Police Officer Standards and
25 Training Council, [and] retired or separated in good standing from such
26 department [or] and is not prohibited from being hired by a law
27 enforcement unit pursuant to section 7-291c, (2) a sworn member of the
28 Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services
29 and Public Protection who retired or separated in good standing from
30 said division [, (2)] and is not prohibited from being hired by a law
31 enforcement unit pursuant to section 7-291c, (3) a sworn federal law
32 enforcement agent who retired or separated in good standing from such
33 federal law enforcement service, is not prohibited from being hired by a
34 law enforcement unit pursuant to section 7-291c and [who] meets or
35 exceeds the standards of the Police Officer Standards and Training
36 Council for certification in this state, or [(3)] (4) a sworn officer of an
37 organized police department in another state who was certified under
38 standards that meet or exceed the standards of the Police Officer
39 Standards and Training Council for certification in this state, [and who]
40 retired or separated in good standing from such department and is not
41 prohibited from being hired by a law enforcement unit pursuant to
42 section 7-291c.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      October 1, 2026  10-244a
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