Sec. 7-151b. Appointment of lake patrolmen. Requirements for carrying a firearm or baton by lake patrolmen. Liability. Training courses.
Sec. 7-151b. Appointment of lake patrolmen. Requirements for carrying a
firearm or baton by lake patrolmen. Liability. Training courses. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may appoint lake patrolmen to enforce any boating
laws delegated by said commissioner. Any such lake patrolman may carry a firearm or
baton, or both, only upon completion of a basic police training course defined in section
7-294a or a firearms safety course offered by the Department of Environmental Protection. Such lake patrolmen shall not be construed to be state employees and compensation
therefore shall be paid by the municipality or lake authority responsible for the lake.
Such lake patrolmen may use their own vessels to enforce the provisions of this section,
provided the state shall not be liable for any damage caused by a lake patrolman using
such vessel in the course of such lake patrolman's duties. A municipality employing
lake patrolmen shall assume liability for damage caused by such patrolmen pursuant
to section 7-465. A lake authority may protect and save harmless any lake patrolman
employed by the authority from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and
costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged
negligence on the part of such lake patrolman while acting in the scope of such lake
patrolman's employment.
(b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall formulate training courses
for lake patrolmen appointed pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 88-98, S. 5, 6; P.A. 01-204, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131.)
History: P.A. 01-204 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision to allow a lake patrolman to carry a baton and by making
technical changes, including changes for purposes of gender neutrality; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 changed effective date
of P.A. 01-204 from October 1, 2001, to July 11, 2001, effective July 1, 2001.