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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22a - Missing Persons › Section 7 - Report of Missing Child to Central Register

Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general law to the contrary, the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, and the department of mental health shall report a missing child under its custody to the central register and shall provide said central register with available identifying data relating to said missing child.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22a - Missing Persons › Section 9 - Marking of School Records; Notification Requirements

Section 9. Upon receipt of a report of a missing child to a law enforcement authority, such authority shall notify the last known elementary or secondary school, either public or private, in which such child had been enrolled as to such child's disappearance. If said law enforcement authority has reason to believe that a missing child or person has been enrolled in a specific school in the commonwealth, said authority shall notify such school as to such disappearance. Upon notification by a law enforcement authority of a child's disappearance, each elementary and secondary school, either public or private, in which such child is currently or was previously enrolled shall mark the record of such child in such a manner that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, said school shall be alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing child. The school shall immediately report to the appropriate law enforcement authority any request concerning such marked records or knowledge as to the whereabouts of such missing child.
Upon learning that a missing child has been located, such law enforcement authority shall notify any school previously informed of such child's disappearance that such child has been located, and the school shall remove such mark from the record of such child.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''AMBER alert plan'', the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response Alert Plan authorizing the broadcast media, upon notice from the department, to transmit an emergency alert to inform the public of a child abduction.
''Colonel'', the colonel of state police, the head of the department of state police.
''Department'', the department of state police.
''Commissioned officer'', a member of the state police holding a title of the rank of lieutenant, detective lieutenant, captain or detective captain.
''Noncommissioned officer'', a member of the state police holding a title of sergeant.
''Staff officer'', a member of the state police holding a title of the rank of major, lieutenant colonel or colonel.
''Uniformed member'', member of the state police who has been appointed under the provisions of section ten.
''Veteran'', any person who:
(1) comes within the definition of a veteran pursuant to the provisions of the forty-third clause of section seven of chapter four;
(2) comes within such definition except that instead of having performed ''wartime service'' as defined therein, he has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor or one of the following campaign badges: Second Nicaraguan Campaign, Yangtze Service, Navy Occupation Service, Army of Occupation or Medal for Humane Action; or
(3) is a person eligible to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor or one of the campaign badges enumerated in clause (2) and who presents proof of such eligibility which is satisfactory to the personnel administrator; provided that a veteran shall not include active duty for training in the army national guard or air national guard or active duty for training as a reservist in the armed forces of the United States.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 3 - Colonel of State Police; Powers and Duties

Section 3. The colonel shall be the executive and administrative head of the department and shall have charge of the administration and organization thereof. The colonel may, subject to the approval of the governor and the secretary of public safety and except as otherwise provided, organize such divisions, bureaus, sections and units as the colonel deems necessary for the effective management of the department and, when the colonel deems necessary for such purpose, may abolish or consolidate such divisions, bureaus, sections or units. The colonel shall, except as otherwise provided, direct all inspections and investigations. The colonel shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the department, for reports to be made by employees of the department and for the performance of the duties of said employees. The colonel shall make an annual report to the governor and the secretary of public safety.
The governor, upon the recommendation of the secretary of public safety and security, shall appoint the colonel, who shall be qualified by training and experience, to direct the work of the department. At the time of appointment, the colonel shall have not less than 10 years of full-time experience as a sworn law enforcement officer and not less than 5 years of full-time experience in a senior administrative or supervisory position in a police force or a military body with law enforcement responsibilities. The appointment shall constitute an appointment as a uniformed member of the department and shall qualify the colonel to exercise all powers granted to a uniformed member under this chapter. The colonel shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall devote their full time during business hours to the duties of the office.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 4 - Divisions; Heads of Divisions

Section 4. There shall be within the department of state police four divisions which shall be known as: (a) the division of field services; (b) the division of investigation and intelligence; (c) the division of special police services; and (d) the division of support services. The head of each division shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 5 - Division of Field Services

Section 5. There shall be within the division of field services two bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of eastern field operations and the bureau of western field operations. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to each such bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 and intelligence two bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of investigative services/eastern region and the bureau of investigative services/western region. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to each such bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.
Subject to appropriation, the commonwealth fusion center shall assist the offices of the attorney general and district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of state firearm crimes; provided, however, that the colonel may establish within the division a special unit known as the criminal firearms and trafficking unit to assist the offices of the attorney general and district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of state firearm crimes.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 7 - Division of Special Police Services

Section 7. There shall be within the division of special police services three bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of facility security, the bureau of motor vehicle enforcement and the bureau of metropolitan district operations which shall provide services, including but not limited to, school crossing guards and the protection of watershed properties managed by the metropolitan district commission. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to each bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 8 - Division of Support Services

Section 8. There shall be within the division of support services two bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of administrative services and the bureau of technical services. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to said bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 9 - Experts, Clerks and Assistants; Appointment and Removal

Section 9. The colonel may appoint, transfer and remove experts, clerks and other assistants as he may deem necessary for the operation of the department; provided, however, that all such actions shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one; and provided, further, that such positions shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty-five, forty-six and forty-six C of chapter thirty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 12 - Misdemeanors Committed in Presence of On-Duty Uniformed Member; Enforcement Powers

Section 12. Any uniformed member of the state police may, upon view of any misdemeanor committed in his presence while on duty, arrest the person committing such misdemeanor, where such misdemeanor was committed in any building or grounds owned or occupied, wholly or in part by the commonwealth, or on streets adjacent to any such building, and shall enforce all traffic rules, regulations and ordinances on streets adjacent to buildings owned or occupied, wholly or in part, by the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of 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 felony or any offense punishable under chapter 94C or has been convicted of a misdemeanor and has been confined to any jail or house of correction as punishment for said crime shall be appointed as an employee of the department, including but not limited to a uniformed member, clerk, assistant or expert; provided, however, that the colonel may certify for appointment a civilian employee who has been convicted of a misdemeanor if that appointment will contribute substantially to the work of the department.
Any member of the state police who directly or indirectly receives a reward, gift or gratuity on account of his official services shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months and shall also be discharged from office. Any such member who fails to faithfully perform his duties shall be immediately discharged from office.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 16 - Expenses for Injuries Sustained During Employment

Section 16. The colonel may authorize the payment, out of any appropriation made for traveling or other expenses of the department, of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgical expenses incurred by any trainee or officer of the department when temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of injuries sustained while in the course of his employment without serious and willful misconduct by such trainee or officer. In determining the right of any such trainee or officer of the department performing police service, or his legal representatives, to receive compensation under any provision of law on account of injuries or death suffered by such trainee or officer during the course of his employment, such trainee or officer shall be deemed to be so engaged while travelling on public ways from his home to his station of duty and from such station to his home.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 17 - Estimate of Expenses and Patrolling Time; Recommendation of Appropriations

Section 17. The colonel shall forward to the secretary of public safety and the commissioner of administration his estimate of expenses for the department as required under section three of chapter twenty-nine, a statement of the approximate proportion of the time of the department devoted to the service of patrolling the highways of the commonwealth for the purpose of controlling and supervising traffic. Said statement shall be the basis for a recommendation by the governor as to the proportion of the appropriations made for expenses of said department which it appears may fairly be charged to the Highway Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 18 - Additional Work Time; Compensation

Section 18. The colonel may, in the event of any public emergency, or of any unusual demand for the services of members of the state police serving in any bureau of the department, or whenever he deems it in the public interest, require such members to work additional hours of duty and prevent such members from taking time off when entitled thereto, or at the time assigned therefor; provided, however, that such members shall be compensated for any additional work in accordance with the provision of section thirty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
The colonel may grant further time off to such members, in every instance without loss of compensation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 19 - Uniforms and Identification Cards; Rules and Regulations; Violations

Section 19. The colonel shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide a standard form or forms of uniform to be worn by members of the state police and to authorize such members to carry badges, revolvers, clubs, handcuffs, twisters or such other articles as may be required in the performance of their duties. The secretary of public safety and security may adopt regulations relative to the form, content and issuance of identification cards and to the carrying thereof by state police officers.
A uniform or any distinctive part thereof so prescribed shall be worn only by members of said department entitled thereto under said rules and regulations. Violations of this paragraph shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 20 - Training Programs for Newly Enlisted and Uniformed Department Members

Section 20. The colonel shall prescribe a training program for persons who shall be enlisted for the first time in the department such that no person shall exercise police powers as such a uniformed member until he shall have been assigned to and satisfactorily completed such training program. The colonel shall also prescribe an in-service training program for uniformed members of the state police.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 21 - Training Programs for City or Town Police Officers and Certain State Employees

Section 21. The colonel may conduct programs for training police officers of the cities and towns of the commonwealth and for those employees who are authorized to exercise police powers in the various state departments or agencies and the colonel shall appoint necessary instructors. Said programs shall be conducted and instructors appointed in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and eighteen of chapter six. Cities, towns, state departments and agencies voluntarily participating in such training shall reimburse the commonwealth for the necessary expense thereof. Attendance at such programs by police officers of any city or town and those employees who are authorized to exercise police powers in the various state departments or agencies shall be on a voluntary basis.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 22 - Evaluation Reports; Annual Filing

Section 22. Except as otherwise provided by a collective bargaining agreement in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, evaluation reports of the performance of each member of the state police shall be submitted annually to the colonel by the supervisor to whom such member has directly reported for said annum; provided, however, that whenever possible, if the supervisor of such member shall be changed by transfer of said supervisor or by transfer of such member, such evaluation report be completed prior to such change in supervision. Such evaluation reports shall be filed annually.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 23 - Affirmative Action Office; Responsibilities; Annual Report

Section 23. There shall be within the department of state police an office of affirmative action which shall report to the secretary of public safety; provided, that such office shall be responsible for implementing policies of nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action, as such policy relates to the employment practices of said department. Such office shall prepare, submit and review the affirmative action plan of said department.
All admissions, appointments and promotions made under the provisions of this chapter may take into consideration female and minority candidates for the positions of cadets, uniformed members, non-commissioned officers, commissioned officers, and staff officers.
Such office shall annually issue a report describing efforts undertaken by such office during the previous year to expand the pool of qualified women and minority candidates for enlistment to said department and to increase the promotional opportunities for said qualified women and minority candidates within said department; provided that such report be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate on or before the first Wednesday in December.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 positions in the same rank are to be separated from such positions because of lack of work, lack of money or abolition of positions, said uniformed members shall be separated from such employment according to their seniority in such rank and shall be reinstated to such position in such rank according to such seniority, so that members senior in length of service in such rank shall be retained the longest and reinstated first. Uniformed members separated from positions pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be reinstated prior to the appointment of any other person under section ten, provided that the right to such reinstatement shall continue for no fewer than two years from the date of such separation and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as prescribed by the colonel.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 25 - Notice for Promotional Examinations; Right to Appeal Questions or Results; Regulations

Section 25. The colonel shall prepare a notice for all promotional examinations, which shall be written examinations, and shall cause notice thereof to be published in the orders of the department no later than thirty days prior to the final date for filing of applications therefor. No such promotional examination shall be held less than thirty days after the final date for filing of applications for such examination.
The colonel shall make rules and regulations relative to the right of any uniformed member of the state police to appeal (i) a marking of a member's answers to the questions on such promotional examination; (ii) a finding by the colonel that a member does not meet the entrance requirements for such examination; and (iii) the suitability of a question to test the fitness of such member to perform the primary and dominant duties of the rank for which the examination was held. The colonel shall promulgate regulations specifying the time within which any promotional vacancy in the department shall be filled.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 27 - Vacancies in Titles of Lieutenant Colonel and Major

Section 27. Any vacancy that occurs in the title of lieutenant colonel shall be filled by the colonel from uniformed members who hold the title of major or captain.
Any vacancy that occurs in the title of major shall be filled by the colonel from uniformed members who hold the title of captain.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 28 - Period of Service Requirements for Certain Appointments

Section 28. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the following titles until he shall have completed the following period of service as a uniformed member of the state police: sergeant, five years; lieutenant, eight years; captain, twelve years; and major, fourteen years.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 28a - Base Salaries; Review of Salary Schedule; Adjustments

Section 28A. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty-five and forty-six of chapter thirty, each officer in grade of lieutenant in the department of state police shall receive a base salary of fifteen point five percent greater than the regular salary payable to the next subordinate grade and all other commissioned officers and staff officers shall receive a base salary nine percent greater than the regular salary payable to the next subordinate grade, in accordance with a schedule submitted by the commissioner of administration to the house and senate committees on ways and means. The commissioner of administration in consultation with the colonel of state police shall establish procedures for a review of said salary schedule and shall submit recommendations for adjustments in subsequent years to the house and senate committees on ways and means.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 29 - Agreement With Massachusetts Department of Transportation for Police Services; Contents

Section 29. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for police service to be provided by the department to said authority on the turnpike and the metropolitan highway system. Said agreement shall fix the legal and fiscal responsibility pertaining to the operation and maintenance of such police service and shall include, but not be limited to, a provision for payments to the commonwealth for the cost of retirement, compensation of injured officers, sick leave, and other employee benefits and for a minimum allowance for departmental supervision. Said agreement shall also require the continuation of all terms and conditions of employment established under the applicable collective bargaining agreement pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E by the commonwealth and the exclusive bargaining representative of any member of the state police providing such police service including, without limitation, the payment by the authority of any benefit or contribution therefor. Said agreement shall also include a provision that all expenses incurred by the department in providing such police service shall, upon proper requisition, be paid by the authority as such expenses are incurred.
Said agreement shall also provide for the appointment under section ten and assignment of such members of the state police as deemed necessary to meet the requirements of said authority including, but not limited to, the provisions of section fifteen of chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-two; provided that such appointment and assignment of any such member of the state police by the colonel shall not be considered a violation of any provisions of chapter twenty-nine; and provided, further, that during such assignment and except as the colonel shall determine that an emergency exists or is threatened, such officers, in the performance of their duties, shall at all times be under the operational, administrative and disciplinary control of the colonel.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 30 - Port Authority; Agreement for Police Services; Contents

Section 30. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with the Massachusetts Port Authority for police service to be provided by the department at the General Edward Lawrence Logan international airport. Said agreement shall fix the legal and fiscal responsibility pertaining to the operation and maintenance of such police service and shall include, but not be limited to, a provision for payments to the commonwealth for the cost of retirement, compensation of injured officers, sick leave, and other employee benefits and for a minimum allowance for departmental supervision. Said agreement shall also require the continuation of all terms and conditions of employment established under the applicable collective bargaining agreement pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E by the commonwealth and the exclusive bargaining representative of any member of the state police providing such police service including, without limitation, the payment by the authority of any benefit or contribution therefor. Said agreement shall also include a provision that all expenses incurred by the department in providing such police service shall, upon proper requisition, be paid by the authority as such expenses are incurred.
Said agreement shall also provide for the appointment under section ten and assignment of such members of the state police as deemed necessary to meet the requirements of said authority including, but not limited to the provisions of section twenty-three of chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-six; provided that such appointment and assignment of any such member of the state police by the colonel shall not be considered a violation of any provisions of chapter twenty-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 31 - Water Resources Authority; Agreement for Police Service; Contents

Section 31. The colonel shall enter into an agreement with the Massachusetts water resources authority for police service to be provided by the department to the authority. Said agreement shall fix the legal and fiscal responsibility pertaining to the operation and maintenance of such police service and shall include, but not be limited to, a provision for payments to the commonwealth for the cost of retirement, compensation of injured officers, sick leave, and other employee benefits and for a minimum allowance for departmental supervision. Said agreement shall also require that all terms and conditions of employment established under the applicable collective bargaining agreement pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E by the commonwealth and the exclusive bargaining representative of any member of the state police providing such police service including, without limitation, the payment by the authority of any benefit or contribution therefor. Said agreement shall also include a provision that all expenses incurred by the department in providing such police service shall, upon proper requisition, be paid by the authority as such expenses are incurred.
Said agreement shall also provide for the appointment under section ten and assignment of such members of the state police as deemed necessary to meet the requirements of said authority including, but not limited to the provisions of chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided that such appointment and assignment of any such member of the state police by the colonel shall not be considered a violation of any provisions of chapter twenty-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 32 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 33 to 35

Section 32. For the purposes of sections thirty-three to thirty-five, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:—
''Crime reporting unit'', a joint project of the department of state police and the department of criminal justice information services charged with the responsibility of collecting incident reports submitted by state, local and campus police departments and other law enforcement authorities and disseminating periodic reports analyzing and interpreting crime rates and trends in the commonwealth.
''Hate crime'', any criminal act coupled with overt actions motivated by bigotry and bias including, but not limited to, a threatened, attempted or completed overt act motivated at least in part by racial, religious, ethnic, handicap, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation prejudice, or which otherwise deprives another person of his constitutional rights by threats, intimidation or coercion, or which seek to interfere with or disrupt a person's exercise of constitutional rights through harassment or intimidation. Hate crime shall also include, but not be limited to, acts that constitute violations of sections thirty-seven and thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-five, section one hundred and twenty-seven A of chapter two hundred and sixty-six and chapter two hundred and seventy-two.
''Hate crime data'', information, incident reports, records and statistics relating to hate crimes, collected by the crime reporting unit.
''Incident report'', an account of occurrence of a hate crime received or collected by the crime reporting unit.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 33 - Collection of Hate Crime Data; Regulations

Section 33. The colonel shall promulgate regulations relative to the collection of hate crime data. Said regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) establishment of a central repository for the collection and analysis of hate crime data and, upon the establishment of such repository, the crime reporting unit shall be responsible for collecting, analyzing, classifying and reporting such data, and shall maintain this information in a central repository;
(2) procedures necessary to ensure effective data-gathering and preservation and protection of confidential information, and the disclosure of information in accordance with section thirty-five;
(3) procedures for the solicitation and acceptance of reports regarding hate crimes which are submitted to the crime reporting unit;
(4) procedures for assessing the credibility and accuracy of reports of hate crime data from law enforcement agencies.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 34 - Hate Crime Data Reports; Public Record

Section 34. The crime reporting unit shall summarize and analyze reports of hate crime data which shall be received by said unit. Said unit shall transmit copies of all such reports regarding hate crime data to the governor, the attorney general, the joint committees on public safety, criminal justice and the judiciary, and the senate and house committees on ways and means. Such annual reports shall be a public record.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 35 - Availability of Hate Crime Data to Law Enforcement and Other Agencies

Section 35. The crime reporting unit shall cause any hate crime data collected to be made available for use by any law enforcement agency and shall also be made available to any unit of local government, to any state agency and to the general public in a manner consistent with the requirements of sections one hundred and sixty-seven and one hundred and sixty-eight of chapter six. Dissemination of such information shall be subject to all confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the department of state police, including the state police violent fugitive arrest squad, and local police departments, shall be provided with identifying information upon request from the records or files of any agency, department, commission, division or authority of the commonwealth for the sole purpose of identifying and locating individuals wanted on default or arrest warrants; provided, that only identifying information including, but not limited to, name, date of birth, all pertinent addresses, telephone number and social security number shall be made available to the state police and local police departments. Information about any individual, except the individual against whom a default or arrest warrant was issued, may not be requested by the departments under this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 set for the release or discharge on parole, or otherwise, of any person confined in a penal or reformatory institution of the commonwealth or of any county under sentence for an assault of an indecent nature under section thirteen A of chapter two hundred and sixty-five, for a violation of any provision of sections thirteen B, 13B1/2, 13B3/4 or twenty-two to twenty-four, inclusive, of said chapter two hundred and sixty-five, of sections sixteen, seventeen, thirty-four or thirty-five of chapter two hundred and seventy-two, and so much of section fifty-three of said chapter two hundred and seventy-two as pertains to lewd, wanton and lascivious persons in speech or behavior or to persons guilty of indecent exposure, or of any person confined in any facility, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-three, or in the Bridgewater state hospital, who was removed thereto after conviction of a violation of any such provision or was committed thereto during the pendency of a complaint or indictment for a violation of any such provision, the officer in charge of such institution, department or hospital, as the case may be, shall notify the colonel in writing of such intended release or discharge; provided, that if any person is released or discharged as aforesaid under such circumstances that it is not possible for the officer in charge to comply with the foregoing provision, he shall so notify the colonel as soon as possible that such person will be or has been released or discharged as aforesaid. Upon receipt of any such notice, the colonel shall furnish to the police authorities of each city and town, and to each district attorney within the commonwealth the name of the person referred to in such notice, his known aliases, if any, his last known address, his age, height and weight, his photograph, a description of his fingerprints, a summary of his criminal history and a list of any institutions for the insane and departments for defective delinquents in which he has been known to have been confined, and such other information as the colonel deems necessary.
In all cases covered by this section where a fine is imposed or sentence suspended, the clerk of court shall furnish release data to the colonel of state police on forms furnished by him.
In all cases where a person has been found guilty of any offense of similar nature to those enumerated above in any court of competent jurisdiction outside of the commonwealth and the colonel has knowledge that such person has been released or resides within the commonwealth, the aforesaid descriptive data insofar as available may be furnished to the police authorities of each city and town and to each district attorney, within the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 38 - Criminal Information Section; Duties and Functions

Section 38. The criminal information section of the department shall be charged with the following duties and functions:
(a) Said section shall collect, by investigation of its own and by receipt from other law enforcement agencies, information concerning organized crime, organized illegal gambling, and other illegal activities generally described as rackets, including information as to the identity and doings of persons who engage in, promote, operate or participate in such activities and of persons arrested for the illegal use, sale or possession of harmful drugs or narcotics.
(b) Said section shall maintain files of all such information which it collects and receives, and shall serve as a clearinghouse of intelligence for all law enforcement agencies within the commonwealth concerning such activities and such persons, and may provide to and receive for similar agencies outside the commonwealth any such information. Any police department of the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, may, by request, in the form and manner prescribed by said section, receive such information as is in the files of said section concerning such activities and such persons in which said police department has an official interest. Such clearinghouse functions of said section shall constitute a cooperative relationship between said section and said police departments; and if in the discretion of the head of said section, responding to such request for information might interfere with an investigation being carried on by some other department or by said section, he may, with the approval of the colonel, deny the request. Systems operated by the department of criminal justice information services, pursuant to sections one hundred and sixty-seven to one hundred and seventy-eight, inclusive, of chapter six, may be used for such record keeping purposes provided that such record shall remain subject to the regulations of said board.
(c) Said section shall from time to time advise the local police departments of new schemes or rackets which may come to its attention, of new devices, techniques, methods of operation, and other matters of interest relating to such activities and such persons, so that the police of the commonwealth and its political subdivision shall be better informed and thus better able to enforce the laws with respect to such activities and such persons.
(d) The clerk of any court in which a person is convicted of a crime involving illegal gaming of any kind, drug and narcotic violations, the sale or possession of pornographic literature or the improper solicitation or use of funds for charitable purposes, shall forthwith report such conviction to said section. The probation officer of said court shall furnish to the clerk a description of any person so convicted, which shall be on a form prescribed by the colonel.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 the University of Massachusetts Medical School shall, under section 36B of chapter 75, make a chemical analysis of any narcotic drug, any synthetic substitute for the same, any preparation containing the same, or any salt or compound thereof, and of any poison, drug, medicine or chemical submitted to it by police authorities, as the department shall approve for this purpose; provided, however, that neither the department nor the medical school shall conduct such analysis unless it is satisfied that the analysis submitted to it is to be used in connection with the enforcement of law.
(b) A certificate by a chemist or analyst or other designated employee of the department or of the University of Massachusetts medical school of the result of the chemist's or analyst's or other designated employee's analysis, signed and sworn to by that chemist or analyst or other designated employee, shall be prima facie evidence of the composition, quality and, when appropriate, net weight of the substance or any mixture containing the substance.
(c) A signed certificate of drug analysis furnished by an analyst, assistant analyst or other designated employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice which conforms with the requirements of this section shall be prima facie evidence of the composition, quality and, when appropriate, net weight of the substance or any mixture containing the substance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 39a - Analysis of Samples of Alcoholic Beverages

Section 39A. The department shall analyze, in accordance with sections 36 to 39, inclusive, of chapter 138, all samples of alcoholic beverages, as defined in section 1 of said chapter 138, submitted to it for that purpose by police authorities as provided in said section 36 if satisfied that the analysis is to be used in enforcing the laws.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › 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 department shall establish procedural rules and policies governing the department's testing and analysis of drug samples and shall establish a quality assurance program for the department, which shall include proficiency standards for its laboratories and analysts responsible for performing drug testing and analysis. The procedural rules and quality assurance program shall be compatible with the laboratory's accreditation procedural rules and shall establish compatible laboratory techniques, laboratory equipment, supplies, computer software and acceptance criteria for laboratory accreditation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 22c - The Department of State Police › Section 40 - Narcotics Unit; Duties and Functions

Section 40. The narcotics unit within the criminal information section shall be charged with the following duties and functions: to investigate all violations of the narcotic and harmful drug laws of the commonwealth; to arrest all violators of such laws; and to cooperate with the department of the attorney general in training personnel assigned to the narcotics unit in practices and procedures relating to the narcotic and harmful drug laws pursuant to section eleven C of chapter twelve.