Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

State Police

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

Agency Web page :
Not available

Statutory Authority :
Sec 29-1 et.seq. General Statute.

Agency History :

Published Histories/Articles :
Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, 1946. pp. 41-51.
 
Tighe, Thomas E. The Origins of the Connecticut State Police Department. Thesis published in 1964, Located at Central Connecticut State University, Thesis 352.
Connecticut State Police. Published in 1967 by the Public Information, Education and Youth Division of the Connecticut State Police Department. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc P759cs]

A brief history at the Dept. of Public Safety web page.

Archived State Police Web site, as harvested on 2007-03-29, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.

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 :

Annual Reports are located in :

Archives Record Group : RG 161 (Dept. of Public Safety)

List of Commissioners :

Name	Years of Service
Eagan	July 13, 1903-1921
Robert T. Hurley	July 21, 1921-1931
A. Sunderland	1931-1939
Edward J. Hickey	July 1, 1939-Sept. 22, 1953
John C. Kelly	Oct. 20, 1953-1959
Leo J. Mulcahy	1959-1971
Col. Cleveland B. Fuessenich	1971-1974
Col. Edward P. Leonard	1974-1979

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.