The Connecticut Police and Fire Union (CPFU) is a labor agency that represents approximately 950 police, fire and public safety personnel throughout the state of Connecticut.  It is unique in that its coalition includes both firefighters (IAFF Local S-15) and law enforcement (IUPA Local 74) personnel. In fact, its members represent in excess of 50 job titles in Connecticut state service, encompassing more than 13 State agencies. CPFU is affiliated with the International Union of Police Associations, International Association of Fire Fighters, State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), Connecticut AFL-CIO and the Greater Hartford Labor Council.

CPFU's police officers, firefighters and regulatory personnel protective and serve: Connecticut state universities and colleges; State airports, including Bradley International and Groton New London; our state highways. They are responsible for testing everyone from the pleasure car driver to the driver of every tractor trailer and school bus. In addition, motor vehicle inspectors operate the commercial vehicle safety unit conducting spot checks of commercial vehicles, and patrolling state highways in search of commercial vehicles operating with unsafe conditions. They are out there enforcing the motor vehicle code to help keep our highways safe.

At state hospitals, our police officers and fire fighters are there to make sure you are protected whether you are a patient or a visitor to one of the state hospitals. When you are a patient in the hospital, the last thing you need to be worried about is your own personal safety.

In fact, if you have ever been a customer at any restaurant, grocery store, liquor store, bar, night club, or casino, your rights as a consumer have been under the scrutiny of one of the liquor control agents who are responsible for licensing and inspecting every liquor establishment in the state, and for investigating complaints of alleged violations of the Liquor Control Act.

If you have ever been a guest to our state forests and parks, our conservation officers, park managers, and park maintainers were there to assure you a safe and pleasant vacation.  Additionally, on Connecticut's rivers, lakes, and in Long Island Sound, the DEP is out patrolling to protect you from reckless boaters, and providing search and rescue efforts when emergency strikes.  Our conservation officers are also working throughout the state to protect wildlife and enforce state fish and game laws.

At many of the state office buildings, our members include police officers and buildings and grounds patrol officers working to make sure your visit to a state building is a safe one whether you are a state employee or a member of the public conducting business with a state agency.

 Enforcement officers at the Department of Revenue Services are busy investigating and prosecuting tax fraud cases, and pursuing tax evaders that cheat the state out of millions of tax dollars annually.

At the Department of Social Services, our enforcement officers are responsible for pursuing "dead beat dads."  They have the responsibility of criminally prosecuting parents who skip out on child support orders.

Throughout the state, our state animal control officers are charged with enforcing the animal control laws, providing services to towns without their own animal control officers, and assisting local animal control officers in towns that do have their own.

Police officers at the Department of Special Revenue are always on the job investigating fraud in the state lottery games as well as the various charitable games allowed in Connecticut. Our members are also responsible for monitoring each drawing of the Connecticut State Lottery to assure every lottery customer a fair drawing. 

Our police officers receive the same training and carry the same certification as officers in any of the local police departments in the state. Most have the same authority as officers of local departments, some even operate with statewide arrest authority. In fact, there is a long tradition of our members being assigned to statewide task forces such as the Statewide Narcotics Task Force or the Statewide Auto Theft Task Force.

Our fire fighters receive the same training and attend the same fire academy as do members of many of the full-time municipal fire departments, and in fact, due to their special assignments, such as Bradley Airport, many of our fire fighters receive more specialized or intensive training than do municipal fire fighters.

As you can see, whatever you do, wherever you go in Connecticut, chances are you are being protected by a member of the Connecticut Police & Fire Union. Our members are there to serve you and your family 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.