SECTION 1. Chapter 41, section 98D of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the current section and inserting in its place the following section:
Each city or town, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Department, shall issue to every full time police officer employed by it an identification card bearing the officer’s photograph and identity. The secretary of public safety shall have the authority to promulgate regulations relative to the issuance of identification cards to police officers. Such card shall be carried on the officer’s person, and shall be exhibited upon lawful request for purposes of identification.
SECTION 2. Chapter 22C, section 19 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:
The secretary of public safety shall have the authority to promulgate regulations relative to the issuance of identification cards to state police officers.
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