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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1584
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael F. Rush
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts State Police.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael F. RushNorfolk and SuffolkPaul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/8/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1584
By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1584) of Michael F. Rush and Paul
McMurtry for legislation relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts
State Police. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1641 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts State Police.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 22C of the General Laws is hereby amending by adding the following new
2section:
3 Section XX. There is hereby established a career incentive pay program offering base
4salary increases to regular full-time members of the state police department as an incentive for
5furthering the education of current officers and recruiting diverse candidates to the state police
6through future recruitment and the cadet program. This section shall not apply to officers
7currently receiving career incentive pay for educational degrees under any other program or law.
8 Police career incentive base salary increases shall be predicated on the accumulation of
9points earned in the following manner: one point for each semester hour credit earned toward a 2 of 2
10baccalaureate or an associate degree; sixty points for an associate degree; one hundred and
11twenty points for a baccalaureate degree; and one hundred and fifty points for a degree of master
12or for a degree in law. All semester credits and degrees shall be earned in an accredited
13educational institution and shall be credited for the purpose of determining points under this
14section, notwithstanding the date of appointment of an individual to a position described in the
15first paragraph of this section. Only graduates of: (1) an accredited degree program offered by
16an institution of higher learning in order to ensure diverse educational backgrounds of current
17and future officers, or (2) accredited law schools and who have passed the Massachusetts bar
18examination shall be eligible for the police career incentive pay program.
19 Base salary increases authorized by this section shall be granted in the following manner:
20a ten per cent increase for sixty points, a twenty per cent increase for one hundred and twenty
21points, and a twenty-five per cent increase for one hundred and fifty points so accumulated.