AN ACT PROMOTING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE TOWN OF DEDHAM
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 the 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 the city of Boston.
SECTION 2. A duly sworn officer of the city of Boston, who is authorized to exercise police powers within the 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 the town of Dedham.
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 select board.
Approved, December 19, 2024.