In each city of this state having a population of twenty thousand or more, as shown by the last-preceding United States census, the board of police commissioners or police committee shall appoint a police matron, whose duty it shall be to take charge of all women arrested and held by the police of the city.(1949 Rev., S. 668.)
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 7.286
Connecticut Title 7 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_104.htm#sec_7-286· Version 2026