# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-44b: Sec. 8-44b. Housing authority police force

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-44b
- **Heading:** Sec. 8-44b. Housing authority police force
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-44b

## Text

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any housing authority police force which existed prior to October 1, 1970, pursuant to Title 1 of Public Law 89-754, 80 Stat. 1255, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, and which, for any reason, does not constitute a housing authority police force pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall constitute a housing authority police force pursuant to this subsection and the members of such police forces may exercise the powers granted to such members pursuant to this subsection. The members of such police force may act, at the expense of the municipality, as special police officers upon property owned or managed by any housing authority. Such special police officers: (1) May arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person for any offense in their jurisdiction, when such person is taken or apprehended in the act or on the speedy information of others; (2) when in the immediate pursuit of one who may be arrested under the provisions of this subsection, may pursue such offender outside of their jurisdiction into any part of the municipality to effect an arrest; (3) shall be peace officers as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3 ; (4) shall have the authority to serve criminal process within their jurisdiction; (5) shall, when on duty, wear a uniform, distinct in color from that worn by the police officers of the municipality; (6) shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a shield, distinct in shape from that worn by the police officers of the municipality which shall bear the words “special police”; (7) shall complete a forty-hour basic training program provided by the municipality within one hundred eighty days of June 27, 1983; (8) shall take an oath of office.

Cited. 216 C. 112.

## Nearby sections

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- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-44a Sec. 8-44a. Housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement and energy conservation. State grants-in-aid, loans and deferred loans. Rental Rehabilitation Fund. Operation or management plan for housing projects.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T8_C128_S8-44a.md)
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