SENATE DOCKET, NO. 415        FILED ON: 1/16/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1304

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 training for law enforcement.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2017

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/2/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 415        FILED ON: 1/16/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1304

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1304) of James B. Eldridge, Barbara A. L'Italien and Michael J. Barrett for legislation relative to training for law enforcement.  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 relative to training for law enforcement.

 

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 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 116F the following section:-

Section 116G. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “law enforcement officer” shall mean any officer of a municipal police department, the office of environmental law enforcement, the University of Massachusetts or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department.

(b) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish within the recruit basic training curriculum a course to train law enforcement officers in civilian interaction and procedural justice. The course shall emphasize crisis, de-escalation and disengagement tactics and techniques and practices and procedures that build community trust and maintain community confidence.

(c) The municipal police training committee shall periodically include the course in its in-service training curriculum available to in-service trainees and other public safety officers.

SECTION 2. The civilian interaction and procedural justice training course for law enforcement officers established pursuant to section 116G of chapter 6 of the General Laws shall be operational on or before January 1, 2019.