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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3453 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2388 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Smitty Pignatelli |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to POST certified law enforcement officers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire1/20/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden3/8/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3453 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2388 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2388) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Smitty Pignatelli, Patrick Joseph Kearney and Brian M. Ashe relative to the powers and |
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| 20 | 20 | | authorities of certain police officers. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to POST certified law enforcement officers. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2following paragraph under Chapter 6E Section 1: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 “All law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency as defined in |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4Chapter 6E section 1 shall have all the powers and authorities of police officers. Wherever |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5“police officer” appears in the Massachusetts General Laws as providing legal authority to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6“police officers” to engage in law enforcement efforts, that definition shall include all officers |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7who have been POST certified from any law enforcement agency defined in Chapter 6E section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 81.” |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 |
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