HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1963        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3612

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Dylan Fernandes

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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 requiring implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Dylan Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/19/2017

Solomon Goldstein-Rose

3rd Hampshire

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

3/28/2017

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

2/3/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

 

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1963        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3612

By Mr. Fernandes of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3612) of Dylan Fernandes and others that the Municipal Police Training Committee be authorized to develop a fair and impartial policing course.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act requiring implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 96B the following section:-

Section 96C. The municipal police training committee, hereinafter the committee, shall develop an in-person, fair and impartial policing course, based off of the similar, existing course material on fair and impartial policing developed by the committee.  The committee shall establish the Massachusetts Policy and Procedures for Implicit Bias Training, which shall set forth training requirements and establish minimum standards that law enforcement agencies throughout the commonwealth shall implement in their practices and training of law enforcement officers.

Every police officer employed on a full-time basis in the police department of any city or town, the Massachusetts State Police department, the Massachusetts Environmental Police department, or the University of Massachusetts police department shall attend a 3 hour, in-person professional development and training course on fair and impartial policing developed by the committee, at least once in every 3 year period of employment. Upon completion, participating officers shall receive certificates of completion that they shall submit to the committee.

The course shall be incorporated into the committee’s basic recruit officer training curriculum.  Every recruit officer in a police academy in the commonwealth shall, prior to completing their police academy training, complete a 3 hour, in-person professional development and training course on fair and impartial policing developed by the committee.

The committee shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section, and shall begin offering and requiring fair and impartial policing courses as required by this section in their 2018 training year.