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1989

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CHAPTER 140 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS IN THE TOWN OF EASTHAMPTON.

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. The town administrator of the town of Easthampton may appoint such special police officers for said town of Easthampton as he deems necessary for the safety and protection of the citizens of said town.

SECTION 2. Said special police officers shall have the same power to make arrests and to perform other police functions as do intermittent police officers of the town and shall be subject to the same training requirements as said intermittent officers.

SECTION 3. Said special police officers shall be appointed for an indefinite term, subject to removal by the town administrator. Said special police officers shall be sworn before the town clerk of the town of Easthampton who shall keep a record of all such appointments.

SECTION 4. Special police officers appointed under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 15, 1989.