Bill H.2911

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3088 FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2911

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Nick Collins

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE AUTHORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS..

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PETITION OF:

Name:	District/Address:	Date Added:
Nick Collins	4th Suffolk	1/21/2011
Geraldo Alicea	6th Worcester	2/3/2011
Anne M. Gobi	5th Worcester	2/3/2011
William N. Brownsberger		2/3/2011
Richard T. Moore		2/3/2011
Thomas J. Calter	12th Plymouth	2/3/2011
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	20th Middlesex	2/3/2011
Daniel B. Winslow	9th Norfolk	2/3/2011
Randy Hunt	5th Barnstable	2/3/2011
Stephen L. DiNatale	3rd Worcester	2/3/2011
William C. Galvin	6th Norfolk	2/3/2011
Jennifer E. Benson	37th Middlesex	2/3/2011
Stephen R. Canessa	12th Bristol	2/3/2011
Geoff Diehl	7th Plymouth	2/3/2011
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden	2/3/2011
Paul Brodeur	32nd Middlesex	2/3/2011
Carolyn C. Dykema	8th Middlesex	2/3/2011
Christopher N. Speranzo	3rd Berkshire	2/3/2011
Richard Bastien	2nd Worcester	2/3/2011
Stephen Stat Smith	28th Middlesex	2/3/2011
Jason M. Lewis	31st Middlesex	2/3/2011
Gailanne M. Cariddi	1st Berkshire	2/3/2011
James J. Dwyer	30th Middlesex	2/3/2011
F. Jay Barrows	1st Bristol	2/3/2011
Sal N. DiDomenico	Middlesex and Suffolk	2/3/2011
Michael R. Knapik		2/3/2011
Donald H. Wong	9th Essex	2/3/2011
Colleen M. Garry	36th Middlesex	2/3/2011
David T. Vieira	3rd Barnstable	2/4/2011
Alice Hanlon Peisch	14th Norfolk	2/4/2011
Theodore C. Speliotis	13th Essex	2/4/2011
Denise C. Garlick	13th Norfolk	2/4/2011
Cleon H. Turner	1st Barnstable	2/4/2011
Ryan C. Fattman	18th Worcester	2/4/2011
Christopher G. Fallon	33rd Middlesex	2/4/2011
David M. Nangle	17th Middlesex	2/4/2011
Kevin J. Kuros	8th Worcester	2/4/2011
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.	12th Hampden	2/4/2011
Kimberly N. Ferguson	1st Worcester	2/4/2011
John J. Binienda	17th Worcester	2/4/2011
Jennifer L. Flanagan		2/4/2011
Steven M. Walsh	11th Essex	2/4/2011
Demetrius J. Atsalis	2nd Barnstable	2/4/2011
Paul W. Mark	2nd Berkshire	2/4/2011
James Arciero	2nd Middlesex	2/4/2011
Matthew A. Beaton	11th Worcester	2/4/2011
John V. Fernandes	10th Worcester	2/4/2011
Katherine M. Clark	Fifth Middlesex	2/4/2011

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3088 FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2911

By Mr. Collins of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2911) of Nick Collins and others for legislation to allow police officers to make arrests outside their territorial jurisdiction. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE AUTHORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS..

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. Chapter 41, section 98 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of said section: -

Police officers who are employed by any city or town, or by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Department, shall have police authority in all criminal matters and in the enforcement of the law and in serving criminal process. The powers granted to police officers under this section may be exercised anywhere in the commonwealth. Any officer who makes an arrest outside his or her territorial jurisdiction shall, as soon as practicable, turn the arrested person over to a state police officer or a police officer of the city or town where the offense occurred. Should the State Police Barracks Commander, Chief of Police or officer in charge of a police department deem such as arrest to be unlawful, nothing in this section shall require him or her to book or process the arrest, or to file a criminal complaint against the person arrested. Any officer who makes an arrest outside his or her territorial jurisdiction shall provide to the police department to whom the arrested person was transferred full and complete information about the arrest including but not limited to a written report.