§ 21a-274a — Drug enforcement grant program. Safe neighborhoods grant program. Community mobilization antidrug grant program.

Connecticut § 21a-274a

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 21a: Consumer Protection
• Ch. 420b: Dependency-Producing Drugs

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(a) There is established a drug enforcement grant program which shall be administered by the Office of Policy and Management. Grants may be made to municipalities, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Division of Criminal Justice for the purpose of enforcing federal and state laws concerning controlled substances, undertaking crime prevention activities related to the enforcement of such laws, substance abuse prevention education or training related to such enforcement or education activities. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 for the administration of this subsection, including the establishment of priorities, program categories, eligibility requirements, funding limitations and the application process. Such regulations shall provide that the costs of a community-based police program, as defined in the regulations, may be paid from a grant made under this section. (b) There is established a safe neighborhoods grant program which shall be administered by the Office of Policy and Management. Grants may be made, on a competitive basis, to the cities of Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury and Windham, and to the Police Officer Standards and Training Council within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the purpose of (1) improving public safety in urban neighborhoods through programs which increase police presence by hiring additional police officers and establishing police substations for those neighborhoods, (2) involving residents in crime prevention activities, including security enhancements to neighborhood residences and business establishments, and (3) improving public safety in urban neighborhoods through programs which increase police presence by increasing the hours worked by police officers during times when such increased presence is most needed to deter and control illegal use of firearms in those neighborhoods where there has been a high incidence of illegal use of firearms in the commission of crime. A grantee shall use the grant to increase police presence within the grantee's safe neighborhoods project area and, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, a grantee may use such grant to temporarily increase police presence in high crime areas outside such project area. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 for the administration of this subsection. Such regulations shall include provisions for the establishment of programs, the allocation of funds and the application process. For purposes of this subsection, the term “safe neighborhoods project area” means a single neighborhood within a municipality selected by the municipality to be eligible for a safe neighborhoods grant.

Legislative History

(P.A. 90-261, S. 15, 19; P.A. 91-155; P.A. 92-157, S. 2; P.A. 93-264, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; July 13 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-108, S. 13; 95-257, S. 5, 58; 95-330, S. 1; P.A. 09-2, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 159.) History: P.A. 91-155 added requirement that regulations authorize the costs of community-based police programs to be paid from a grant made under this section; P.A. 92-157 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) establishing the community mobilization antidrug grant program; P.A. 93-264 inserted new Subsec. (b) establishing the safe neighborhoods grant program and relettered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; July 13 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) to add Windham as a city eligible for a grant and to add Subdiv. (3) re increase in number of hours worked by police officers when increased police presence is needed to deter illegal firearms use, effective July 15, 1994; P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (b) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-330 amended Subsec. (b) to specify that a grantee shall use the grant to increase police presence within the project area and, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, may use the grant to temporarily increase police presence in high crime areas outside the project area, and amended Subsec. (b) to define “safe neighborhood project area”; P.A. 09-2 eliminated reference to state-wide narcotics task force in Subsec. (a), effective April 1, 2009; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Department of Public Safety” with “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” re Police Officer Standards and Training Council and by making a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.