HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 482        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2157

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul McMurtry and Angelo M. Scaccia

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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 of the town of Dedham and the city of Boston.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/13/2015

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

1/13/2015

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/14/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 482        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2157

By Messrs. McMurtry of Dedham and Scaccia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2157) of Paul McMurtry, Angelo M. Scaccia and Michael F. Rush relative to the authority of police officers of the city of Boston and the town of Dedham.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2190 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the authority of police officers of the town of Dedham and the city of Boston.

 

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. A duly sworn officer of the Town of Dedham, who is authorized to exercise police powers within said town, may exercise all such police powers within 500 yards into the corporate limits of the City of Boston, as if such officer were a duly sworn officer of said city.

SECTION 2. A duly sworn officer of the City of Boston, who is authorized to exercise police powers within said city, may exercise all such police powers within 500 yards into the corporate limits of the Town of Dedham, as if such officer were a duly sworn officer of said town.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the City of Boston, in the manner provided by law and upon its acceptance in the Town of Dedham by a majority vote of the board of selectmen.