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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3768 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2595 |
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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 F. DeCoste |
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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 the use of force equipment. |
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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 F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/17/2025Mackenzie Slocumb1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3768 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2595 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2595) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David F. DeCoste and Mackenzie Slocumb relative to special state police officers and use of |
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| 20 | 20 | | force equipment. 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the use of force equipment. |
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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 SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 6E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “untruthful or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3untruthfulness” the following definition:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 “Use of force equipment”, a standardized set of equipment that shall be issued to all |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5officers, as defined by this section, and the Code of Massachusetts Regulations CMR 550 3.02 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6and shall be authorized to be carried while on duty. Use of force equipment shall include, but not |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7be limited to the following: (i) Semi-Automatic Handgun with a caliber of 9x19mm or higher; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8(ii) Baton\PR-24, Impact tool; (iii) Non-Flammable, Electronic Device Compatible Oleoresin |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9Capsicum spray with a content of at least 1.33% Major Capsaicinoids and 10% Oleoresin |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10Capsicum or equivalent; (iv) Double locking Handcuffs. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 2. Section 63 of Chapter 22C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12the word “hospital.” in line 11 and inserting in place thereof the following “hospital, and shall be 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13issued for use and have access to use of force equipment, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14Such special state police officers serving in non-secure areas of hospitals or psychiatric or mental |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15health facilities, as determined by the colonel, shall be authorized to carry use of force equipment |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16on their person during their service. |
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