Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 4-25 of Article 4 of the charter of the town of Foxborough which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section twelve of chapter forty-three B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(C) There shall be a reserve police force consisting of such number of members as the board of selectmen may determine. Members of such force shall be appointed by the board of selectmen in consultation with the chief of police. Members of said reserve force may be removed by the board of selectmen in consultation with the chief of police at any time for any reason satisfactory to said board. Said members shall, while on duty, have all the powers and duties of members of the regular police force of Foxborough and shall be paid by the town of Foxborough such compensation as the selectmen may fix. Said members shall comply with the standards and rules and regulations of the police department of the town and with the orders of the chief of police.

SECTION 2. Upon the effective date of this act any provisions of any special laws and parts of special laws, and all by-laws and parts of by-laws pertaining to the reserve police force in the town of Foxborough, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be inoperative and cease to be effective.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the town of Foxborough.