Sec. 14-286e. Police officers, firefighters or emergency service personnel on bicycles. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-286e. Police officers, firefighters or emergency service personnel on bicycles. (a) Any police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services who operates a bicycle in response to an emergency call or while engaged in rescue operations or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 14-286, 14-286a, 14-286b, 14-286c and 14-289 provided (1) the police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services is sixteen years of age or older, (2) the police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services is wearing a distinctive uniform, and (3) the police officer has completed a course of instruction in basic police bicycle patrol certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or an equivalent course of instruction, and the firefighter or person engaged in providing emergency services has completed an equivalent course of basic bicycle patrol.

      (b) The exemptions granted in subsection (a) of this section shall apply only when such bicycle is making use of an audible warning signal device, including, but not limited to a siren, whistle or bell.

      (c) The provisions of this section shall not relieve the operator of a bicycle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property.

      (P.A. 93-292, S. 6; P.A. 95-108, S. 12; P.A. 06-72, S. 1; P.A. 07-6, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 95-108 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council; P.A. 06-72 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt firefighters or emergency service personnel, to require in new Subdiv. (1) that bicycle operator be 16 years of age or older, to renumber existing Subdiv. (1) as (2) and require that firefighters and emergency service personnel wear uniforms, and to renumber existing Subdiv. (2) as (3) and require that firefighters and emergency service personnel complete a bicycle patrol course; P.A. 07-6 substituted "person engaged in providing emergency services" for "emergency service personnel" in Subsec. (a).

      See Sec. 14-286d re definition of "bicycle".