It's a New Year and New Laws are in effect in Connecticut. Here's what you need to know about Police Accountability, CT Paid Leave Tax, Pension Taxes, Diabetes/Insulin Prescriptions and Utility Company Accountability.
While several provisions of the Act Concerning Police Accountability, which was passed the summer, have already gone into effect, more changes are coming.
There are several dozen provisions to this bill. Most took effect back in October. Now, several parts of the state’s police reform bill are taking effect Jan. 1, which include:
Requiring departments that serve minority communities
Reporting efforts to recruit diverse officers
Changing the makeup of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council some say is too heavily made up of small-town chiefs
Requiring officers to wear a badge in a prominent place with exceptions for undercover operations