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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1968 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1644 |
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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 | | Nick Collins |
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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 POST Commission. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1968 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1644 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1644) of Nick Collins for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to the membership of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training |
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| 20 | 20 | | Commission. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1486 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the POST Commission. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 2 of Chapter 6E of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2official edition, is hereby amended by striking the first sentence in Section 2 and replacing it |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3with; “There shall be a Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4consisting of 11 members:” and adding to the last sentence of the first paragraph in Section 2 of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Chapter 6E; “and 2 of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts District Attorney’s |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Association, 1 of whom shall be a sworn member of the Department of State Police who is |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7appointed from a list of 2 nominations submitted by the President of the State Police Association |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8of Massachusetts, and 1 of whom shall be a Juvenile Diversion Program professional appointed |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9from a list of 2 nominations approved by a majority of the Board of the Massachusetts District |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Attorney’s Association.” |
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