SENATE DOCKET, NO. 393        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1659

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John Hart, Jr.

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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 to provide concurrent police authority for Massachusetts Port Authority properties.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

John Hart, Jr.

First Suffolk

Thomas M. Menino

Boston City Hall One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 393        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1659

By Mr. Hart, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1659) of John Hart, Jr., Thomas M. Menino, William N. Brownsberger, Michael F. Rush and and other members of the General Court  for legislation to provide concurrent police authority for Massachusetts Port Authority properties.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act to provide concurrent police authority for Massachusetts Port Authority properties.

 

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 110 of Chapter 205 of the Acts of 1996 is hereby amended in the first sentence by inserting, after the words “Massachusetts Port Authority properties”, the following:-

“provided, however that any municipal police department that adopts this section, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the department of the state police in all Massachusetts Port Authority properties located within the municipality, except those properties exclusive to aviation and port operations, and a memorandum of understanding shall be executed, as appropriate and in the interest of public safety, upon consultation with the Massachusetts Port Authority, between the department of state police and the municipal police department that shall include, but not limited to, procedures involving; (i) assignment of police officers; (ii) first responder calls and emergency 911 dispatch; (iii) emergencies occurring on Massachusetts Port Authority properties; (iv) criminal investigations of incidents and crimes; and, (v) arrests and processing of individuals taken into custody”