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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 2 - Department; Supervision and Control - Section 2. There shall be within the executive office of...
Section 3 - Colonel of State Police; Powers and Duties - Section 3. The colonel shall be the executive and administrative...
Section 4 - Divisions; Heads of Divisions - Section 4. There shall be within the department of state...
Section 5 - Division of Field Services - Section 5. There shall be within the division of field...
Section 6 - Division of Investigation and Intelligence; Investigation and Prosecution of State Firearm Crimes; Criminal Firearms and Trafficking Unit - Section 6. There shall be within the division of investigation...
Section 7 - Division of Special Police Services - Section 7. There shall be within the division of special...
Section 8 - Division of Support Services - Section 8. There shall be within the division of support...
Section 9 - Experts, Clerks and Assistants; Appointment and Removal - Section 9. The colonel may appoint, transfer and remove experts,...
Section 10 - Appointments to Department of State Police; Governor's Authorization; Restrictions - Section 10. Whenever the governor shall deem it necessary to...
Section 10a - State Police Cadet Program - Section 10A. The colonel may establish a cadet program within...
Section 11 - Appointment for Initial Enlistment; Competitive Examination; Eligible List - Section 11. Each appointment for initial enlistment as a uniformed...
Section 12 - Misdemeanors Committed in Presence of On-Duty Uniformed Member; Enforcement Powers - Section 12. Any uniformed member of the state police may,...
Section 13 - Charges Against Uniformed Member; Trial; Review: Suspension; Other Disciplinary Actions - Section 13. (a) A uniformed member of the state police...
Section 14 - Felony or Controlled Substance Convictions; Receipt of Gratuities for Official Services - Section 14. No person who has been convicted of a...
Section 15 - Oath of Office - Section 15. Each officer shall, before entering upon the performance...
Section 16 - Expenses for Injuries Sustained During Employment - Section 16. The colonel may authorize the payment, out of...
Section 17 - Estimate of Expenses and Patrolling Time; Recommendation of Appropriations - Section 17. The colonel shall forward to the secretary of...
Section 18 - Additional Work Time; Compensation - Section 18. The colonel may, in the event of any...
Section 19 - Uniforms and Identification Cards; Rules and Regulations; Violations - Section 19. The colonel shall promulgate rules and regulations to...
Section 20 - Training Programs for Newly Enlisted and Uniformed Department Members - Section 20. The colonel shall prescribe a training program for...
Section 21 - Training Programs for City or Town Police Officers and Certain State Employees - Section 21. The colonel may conduct programs for training police...
Section 22 - Evaluation Reports; Annual Filing - Section 22. Except as otherwise provided by a collective bargaining...
Section 23 - Affirmative Action Office; Responsibilities; Annual Report - Section 23. There shall be within the department of state...
Section 24 - Separation From Employment Due to Lack of Work or Money or Abolition of Positions; Reinstatement - Section 24. If uniformed members of the state police in...
Section 24a - Persons Retired for Disability; Certification for Reinstatement - Section 24A. (a) Any person who has been retired for...
Section 25 - Notice for Promotional Examinations; Right to Appeal Questions or Results; Regulations - Section 25. The colonel shall prepare a notice for all...
Section 26 - Promotion of Uniformed Members; Factors for Consideration; List of Eligible Members - Section 26. (a) The colonel may promote uniformed members of...
Section 27 - Vacancies in Titles of Lieutenant Colonel and Major - Section 27. Any vacancy that occurs in the title of...
Section 28 - Period of Service Requirements for Certain Appointments - Section 28. No person shall be eligible for appointment to...
Section 28a - Base Salaries; Review of Salary Schedule; Adjustments - Section 28A. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty-five and forty-six...
Section 29 - Agreement With Massachusetts Department of Transportation for Police Services; Contents - Section 29. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with...
Section 30 - Port Authority; Agreement for Police Services; Contents - Section 30. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with...
Section 31 - Water Resources Authority; Agreement for Police Service; Contents - Section 31. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with...
Section 32 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 33 to 35 - Section 32. For the purposes of sections thirty-three to thirty-five,...
Section 33 - Collection of Hate Crime Data; Regulations - Section 33. The colonel shall promulgate regulations relative to the...
Section 34 - Hate Crime Data Reports; Public Record - Section 34. The crime reporting unit shall summarize and analyze...
Section 35 - Availability of Hate Crime Data to Law Enforcement and Other Agencies - Section 35. The crime reporting unit shall cause any hate...
Section 36 - Identification of Criminals; Furnishing of Information to Other Departments and States; Transmission of Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cases Where Fingerprint Identification Sent Though Interstate Identification In... - Section 36. The colonel shall provide within the department for...
Section 36a - Identifying and Locating Information From Records; Individuals Wanted on Default or Arrest Warrants - Section 36A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...
Section 37 - Release or Discharge of Persons Confined for Certain Sexual Assaults and Other Crimes; Notification to Department and Local Authorities - Section 37. Not less than seven days before the time...
Section 38 - Criminal Information Section; Duties and Functions - Section 38. The criminal information section of the department shall...
Section 39 - Chemical Analysis of Narcotic Drug or Drug Substitute, etc.; Certificate of Results; Prima Facie Evidence - Section 39. (a) The department shall, free of charge, or...
Section 39a - Analysis of Samples of Alcoholic Beverages - Section 39A. The department shall analyze, in accordance with sections...
Section 39b - Procedural Rules and Policies for Testing and Analysis of Drug Samples; Quality Assurance Program - Section 39B. The director of the crime laboratory within the...
Section 40 - Narcotics Unit; Duties and Functions - Section 40. The narcotics unit within the criminal information section...
Section 41 - Chemist's Analysis for Presence of Sperm Cells; Certificate of Results; Prima Facie Evidence - Section 41. A certificate by a chemist of the department...
Section 42 - Motor Vehicle Ownership Records; Certified Copies; Prima Facie Evidence - Section 42. In proceedings under sections twenty-seven A, twenty-eight, twenty-nine,...
Section 43 - Persons Affected by Orders of Department; Appeals - Section 43. Any person affected by an order of the...
Section 44 - Destruction or Disposal of Certain Entertainment Permit Applications or Reports - Section 44. The colonel may after two years destroy or...
Section 45 - Property Lost, Stolen or Taken From Arrested Persons; Unclaimed Property; Public Auction - Section 45. If money, goods or other property which has...
Section 46 - Perishable Property; Property Deteriorating in Value; Public Auction - Section 46. Such property, if perishable or liable to deteriorate...
Section 47 - Proceeds From Public Auctions - Section 47. The proceeds of such sales, together with such...
Section 48 - Claim by Owner After Public Auction; Payment to Owner - Section 48. If, within two years and six months after...
Section 49 - Police Reports; Indication of Domestic Abuse - Section 49. The form used by an investigating police officer...
Section 50 - Police Officers' Duties on Reservations - Section 50. Upon requisition of the commanding officer or other...
Section 51 - Special State Police Officer Appointments Upon Petition by Railroad Corporation - Section 51. The colonel, upon the petition of a railroad...
Section 52 - Records of Appointments Under Sec. 51 - Section 52. A record of all such appointments, made pursuant...
Section 53 - Swearing in of Special State Police Officers; Licenses; Duration of Appointment - Section 53. Such special state police officers shall be sworn...
Section 54 - Aid to Governor in Performance of Duties - Section 54. Constables, city marshals, chiefs of police and all...
Section 56 - Agents of Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 56. The colonel may appoint two or more agents...
Section 57 - Agents of Humane Societies and Associations; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 57. The colonel may appoint, at the request of...
Section 58 - Port of Boston Authority Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 58. The colonel may, at the request of the...
Section 59 - Employees of Mental Health or Developmental Services Departments; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 59. The colonel may, upon petition of the commissioner...
Section 60 - Public Health Department Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 60. The colonel may, upon petition of the commissioner...
Section 62 - Employees of Soldiers' Homes; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 62. The colonel may, upon petition of the board...
Section 63 - Employees of Colleges, Universities, Other Educational Institutions and Hospitals; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 63. The colonel may, upon such reasonable terms and...
Section 64 - Civil Defense Agency Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 64. The colonel may, at the request of the...
Section 65 - Middlesex County Sanatorium Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 65. The colonel may, upon petition of the board...
Section 66 - Employment and Training Division Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 66. The colonel may, at the request of the...
Section 67 - State Lottery Commission Employees; Appointment as Special Officers - Section 67. The colonel may, at the request of the...
Section 68 - Special State Police Officers; Appointment; Powers and Duties - Section 68. The colonel may, at the request of the...
Section 69 - Standards of Skill for Special Officers Licensed Under Secs. 56 to 68; Rules and Regulations - Section 69. The colonel of state police may promulgate rules...
Section 70 - Gaming Enforcement Unit - Section 70. The colonel of state police shall establish a...
Section 71 - Amber Alert Plan; Activation - Section 71. (a) The department shall establish and maintain an...
Section 72 - Special Audit Unit - Section 72. (a) There shall be within the department, but...
Section 73 - Maintenance of Certification or Accreditation From State or Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agency - Section 73. The department shall maintain certification or accreditation from...