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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Department of Public Safety

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

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS Sec. 29-1b.

Agency History :

Established per P.A. 77-614, sec. 485 and 610, with merger of these Departments :
State Police (est. 1903)
Military (for administrative purposes only,est. 1782)
Office of Civil Preparedness (est. 1951),
Municipal Police Training Council (est. 1965)
Connecticut Safety Commission (est. 1937)
Board of Firearms Permit Examiners (est. 1967)
State Commission on Demolition (est. 1965)

Published Histories/Articles :
Brief history at the agency website.

Agency Documents and Records 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 Dept. of Public Safety.

Annual Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc P9617 anre]

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

State Archives Record Group : RG 161

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

Donald J. Long

1979-1982

Lester J. Forst

1982-1989

Bernard R. Sullivan

1989-1990

Nicholas Cioffi

1990-1994

Colonel Kenneth H. Kirschner

1994-1997

Dr. Henry C. Lee

1997-2000

Arthur L. Spada

2000 - Aug. 1, 2004

Col. Edward J. Lynch (Acting)

Aug. 1-16, 2004

Leonard C. Boyle

Aug. 16, 2004-2007

John A. Danaher, III

Apr. 11, 2007-June 2010

James M. Thomas (Acting)

2010-2011

Ruben F. Bradford

Jan. 5, 2011-

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 01/2011.