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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Police Officer Standards and Training Council

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
Sec. 7-294, a-e, General Statutes.

Agency History :

1965, Municipal Police Training Council established per Public Act 575.

1979, merged with other agencies to create Public Safety but remained an autonomous agency within Public Safety per P.A. 77-614.

1995, name changed to Police Officer Standards and Training Council, per P.A. 95-108.

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut Municipal Police Training Council.
Connecticut. Police Officer Standards and Training Council.

Annual Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number Conn Doc F40 d], and 2002 -, the online version

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

James Herlihy

1966-1968

Richard Hannon

1969-1982

Craig Appel

1983-1988

Edmund H. Mosca

1989

T. William Knapp

1989-2002

Susan E. Rainville (Acting Executive Director)

2003

Thomas E. Flaherty, Executive Director

2004-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.