Connecticut Judicial Marshal

The Connecticut Judicial Marshal System was created to replace the now-defunct Connecticut County Sheriffs in 2000 and fulfills all of the services that the county sheriffs departments carried out: In 2016 the Judicial Branch closed its 24-hour lockup facilities in Hartford and New Haven and now rely upon the Department of Corrections for after-hours supervision of prisoners.

[1] Judicial Marshals are required to be biennially certified in the use of pepper spray, handcuffs, defensive batons, and CPR.

In a departure from their predecessors in the County Sheriffs office, Judicial Marshals do not carry firearms at any time during the performance of their duties.

[2] Prior to December 2000, the duties of the current judicial marshals were the responsibility of 8 elected "high sheriffs."

Numerous allegations of corruption caused the voters of Connecticut to disband and abolish all sheriffs within the state, by a vote of nearly 2-1.