* § 845-a. Central state registry of peace officers. 1. The division shall collect information to maintain, on a current basis, a registry of all peace officers in the state. Such registry shall contain, with respect to each peace officer, his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station, and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. 2. Each head of a state or local agency, unit of local government, state or local commission, or public authority, or public or private organization which employs peace officers shall transmit to the division, no later than the fifteenth day of January in the year next succeeding the year in which the provisions of this section become effective, a list containing the name of every peace officer employed by his agency, government, commission, authority or organization on the fifteenth day of such month of January indicating with respect to each peace officer his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. Each such head shall thereafter, no later than the fifteenth day of each January and July, transmit to the division a list of those peace officers who have been appointed or have ceased to serve in the preceding calendar month and, in the instance of new appointees, shall include all the information required to be furnished in the initial listing. 3. Each such head shall have the option to enter into an agreement with the division whereby the required semi-annual updating of registry information may be regularly done on a more frequent basis. 4. The division shall establish rules and regulations to provide for a permanent system of identification for each peace officer. 5. Upon the failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of subdivision two of this section, the commissioner shall apply to the supreme court for an order directed to the person responsible requiring compliance. Upon such application the court may issue such order as may be just, and a failure to comply with the order of the court shall be a contempt of court and punishable as such. 6. The division shall cooperate with the division of state police in making the information in the central peace officer registry available for the purpose of verifying transactions involving firearms. * NB Repealed January 1, 2011
* § 845-a. Central state registry of peace officers. 1. The division shall collect information to maintain, on a current basis, a registry of all peace officers in the state. Such registry shall contain, with respect to each peace officer, his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station, and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. 2. Each head of a state or local agency, unit of local government, state or local commission, or public authority, or public or private organization which employs peace officers shall transmit to the division, no later than the fifteenth day of January in the year next succeeding the year in which the provisions of this section become effective, a list containing the name of every peace officer employed by his agency, government, commission, authority or organization on the fifteenth day of such month of January indicating with respect to each peace officer his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. Each such head shall thereafter, no later than the fifteenth day of each January and July, transmit to the division a list of those peace officers who have been appointed or have ceased to serve in the preceding calendar month and, in the instance of new appointees, shall include all the information required to be furnished in the initial listing. 3. Each such head shall have the option to enter into an agreement with the division whereby the required semi-annual updating of registry information may be regularly done on a more frequent basis. 4. The division shall establish rules and regulations to provide for a permanent system of identification for each peace officer. 5. Upon the failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of subdivision two of this section, the commissioner shall apply to the supreme court for an order directed to the person responsible requiring compliance. Upon such application the court may issue such order as may be just, and a failure to comply with the order of the court shall be a contempt of court and punishable as such. 6. The division shall cooperate with the division of state police in making the information in the central peace officer registry available for the purpose of verifying transactions involving firearms. * NB Repealed January 1, 2011
* § 845-a. Central state registry of peace officers. 1. The division shall collect information to maintain, on a current basis, a registry of all peace officers in the state. Such registry shall contain, with respect to each peace officer, his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station, and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. 2. Each head of a state or local agency, unit of local government, state or local commission, or public authority, or public or private organization which employs peace officers shall transmit to the division, no later than the fifteenth day of January in the year next succeeding the year in which the provisions of this section become effective, a list containing the name of every peace officer employed by his agency, government, commission, authority or organization on the fifteenth day of such month of January indicating with respect to each peace officer his name, date of birth, rank or title, official station and whether he is employed full-time or part-time. Each such head shall thereafter, no later than the fifteenth day of each January and July, transmit to the division a list of those peace officers who have been appointed or have ceased to serve in the preceding calendar month and, in the instance of new appointees, shall include all the information required to be furnished in the initial listing. 3. Each such head shall have the option to enter into an agreement with the division whereby the required semi-annual updating of registry information may be regularly done on a more frequent basis. 4. The division shall establish rules and regulations to provide for a permanent system of identification for each peace officer. 5. Upon the failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of subdivision two of this section, the commissioner shall apply to the supreme court for an order directed to the person responsible requiring compliance. Upon such application the court may issue such order as may be just, and a failure to comply with the order of the court shall be a contempt of court and punishable as such. 6. The division shall cooperate with the division of state police in making the information in the central peace officer registry available for the purpose of verifying transactions involving firearms. * NB Repealed January 1, 2011
