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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4070 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2570 |
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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 | | David Biele |
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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 special state police 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:David Biele4th Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4070 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2570 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2570) of David |
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| 19 | 19 | | Biele relative to special state police officers. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to special state police officers. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Chapter 22C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 Section 74. (a) The colonel may appoint as special state police officers retired uniformed |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3members who, as the colonel deems necessary, may perform police details or any police duties |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4arising therefrom during the course of police detail work, whether or not related to the detail |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5work. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 (b) Retired uniformed members appointed as special state police officers under this |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7section shall: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 (i) have retired prior to the date of the appointment as a special state police officer; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 (ii) have a state police discharge status of honorable; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 (iii) be deemed by the colonel necessary, suitable, qualified and fit to perform the same |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11essential functions and duties as uniformed members of the department; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 (iv) be certified by the police officer standards and training commission pursuant to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13section 4 of chapter 6E; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 (v) be subject to or exempt from department rules as determined by the colonel; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 (vi) be equipped, trained and deployed as determined by the colonel. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 (c) Appointed retired uniformed members shall, in accordance with sections 91 and 91A |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17of chapter 32, be at-will employees subject to appointment and removal by the colonel in a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18manner consistent with sections 52 and 53 and shall be appointed for a term of 1 year subject to |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19renewal in the colonel’s sole discretion. Appointed retired uniformed members shall not be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20subject to the civil service law or rules, shall not be entitled to any benefits of such law or rules, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21but shall, in the performance of assigned duties and for the purposes of section 9A of chapter |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22258, be deemed a member of the department. |
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