Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 6e - Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission

Section 1 - Definitions - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 2 - Establishment of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission; Membership; Qualifications; Terms; Meetings; Executive Director - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 3 - Powers and Duties of the Commission - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 4 - Division of Police Certification - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 5 - Certification of Law Enforcement Agencies - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 8 - Division of Police Standards - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 9 - Suspension of Officer Certification - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 10 - Revocation of Officer Certification - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 11 - Employment of Decertified Officer Prohibited - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 12 - Retaliation for Providing Information to or Testifying Before the Commission Prohibited - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 13 - Public Database of Orders Issued Pursuant to Sec. 10; Cooperation With National Decertification Index and Other Jurisdictions - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...

Section 14 - De-Escalation Tactics to Be Used Prior to Physical or Deadly Force; Prohibited Uses of Force; Exceptions; Mass Demonstrations - [Subsection (a) added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective December...

Section 15 - Duties of Officer Observing Use of Unreasonable Force by Another Officer; Intervention; Reporting; Policy Against Retaliation; Promulgation of Rules and Regulation on Use of Force - [Subsections (a) through (c) added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30...

Section 16 - Annual Reporting Requirements - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective...