Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 12-81x,
the Town of Cromwell hereby enacts a tax abatement program with respect
to real property owned and occupied as the principal residence of
the surviving spouse of a Town of Cromwell police officer, firefighter
or emergency medical technician who has died while in performance
of such officer's or firefighter's or technician's
duties pursuant to and on the terms and conditions provided herein.
The purpose of this article is to honor police officers, firefighters
and emergency medical technicians who die while in the performance
of their official duties on behalf of the Town of Cromwell and to
ease the resulting financial burden on such officer's, firefighter's
or technician's surviving spouse.
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined
as follows:
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN or TECHNICIAN (EMT)
Any person who is certified as an emergency medical technician
by the State of Connecticut Office of Emergency Medical Services and
is a duly employed or a volunteer member of a municipal emergency
medical services department in the Town of Cromwell, serving in an
official capacity, full-time or part-time, with or without pay.
EMT DUTIES
Duties performed while traveling to, at, or returning directly
from all dispatch calls routed through the emergency dispatch center,
or tests or trials of any apparatus or equipment normally used by
the Emergency Medical Services Department; while instructing or being
instructed in EMT duties; or while engaging in any other duty ordered
to be performed by a superior or commanding officer in the Emergency
Medical Services Department.
FIRE DUTIES
Duties performed while traveling to, at, or returning directly
from fires or fire-related calls, alarms of fires or calls for mutual
aid assistance, or tests or trials of any apparatus or equipment normally
used by the Fire Department; while instructing or being instructed
in fire duties; or while engaging in any other duty ordered to be
performed by a superior or commanding officer in the Fire Department.
FIREFIGHTER
Any person who is a duly employed or volunteer member of
a fire department in the Town of Cromwell, serving in an official
capacity, full-time or part-time, with or without pay.
POLICE DUTIES
Duties which an officer is obligated or authorized by law,
regulation, or written condition of employment to perform.
POLICE OFFICER or OFFICER
Any person who is a duly employed member of the Town of Cromwell
Police Department, serving in an official capacity, full-time or part-time,
with or without pay.
SURVIVING SPOUSE
Defined in accordance with the state law, as the same may
be amended.