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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Linda Dorcena Forry

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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 authorizing a memorandum of agreement between the Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Police Department.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2092        FILED ON: 6/12/2014

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act authorizing a memorandum of agreement between the Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Police Department.

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 first sentence of section 110 of chapter 205 of the acts of 1996 is hereby amended by adding the following words:-

provided, however, that the department of the state police may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Boston police department regarding jurisdiction over that airport and other Massachusetts Port Authority properties located in the city of Boston, which may include, but shall not be limited to, procedures involving: (i) assignment of officers; (ii) first responder calls and E911 dispatch; (iii) emergencies occurring on Massachusetts Port Authority properties; (iv) criminal investigations of incidents and crimes; (v) arrests and processing of individuals taken into custody; and (vi) optimal methods of community policing.