Section 9. The police commissioner of Boston, city marshals or chiefs of police and every officer making an arrest in a town not having a city marshal or chief of police shall make monthly reports to the commissioner of the number of persons of each sex arrested in their several towns. Such reports shall be classified according to offences. An officer who refuses or neglects to make such report shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 124 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction
Section 1 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Correction
Section 2 - Deputy Commissioners; Duties
Section 5 - Reports to Governor
Section 6 - Annual Reports to General Court
Section 8 - Reports of Criminal Cases by Clerks of Courts