Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 550 CMR - MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING COMMITTEE › Title 550 CMR 3.00 - Requirements for Law Enforcement Officer Training › Section 3.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Academy Director
. A person tasked with
				overseeing and directing a police academy.
Action Notice
. A written notice
				provided to a student officer by an academy staff member setting forth a
				disciplinary offense or performance issue and any action taken to address said
				offense or issue.
Authorized Academy
. A police academy
				whose operation is approved by the Municipal Police Training Committee.
Bridge Academy Training
. The training
				program established pursuant to St. 2020, c. 253, § 102(b) for law
				enforcement officers who were working in Massachusetts and certified by the
				Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) as of
				December 1, 2021, who had not previously completed an MPTC police academy or
				its equivalent.
Chief of Training
. A staff member
				tasked with overseeing and directing the Municipal Police Training Committee's
				training programs.
Committee
. The Municipal Police
				Training Committee (MPTC) or its agency staff acting on its behalf, where
				applicable, or both.
Executive Director
. The executive
				director of the Municipal Police Training Committee.
In-service Training
. Mandatory
				training to be completed annually by all law enforcement officers.
Massachusetts Police Officer Core Competency
				Assessment
. A written exam designed to test an individual's
				knowledge of Massachusetts criminal laws and procedure.
Law Enforcement Agency
				(Agency)
.
(a) A state,
			 county, municipal or district law enforcement agency including, but not limited
			 to: a city, town or district police department, the office of environmental law
			 enforcement, the University of Massachusetts police department, the department
			 of the state police, the Massachusetts Port Authority police department, also
			 known as the Port of Boston Authority police department, and the Massachusetts
			 Bay Transportation Authority police department;
(b) a sheriff's department in its performance
			 of police duties and functions;
(c)
			 a public or private college, university or other educational institution or
			 hospital police department;
(d) a
			 humane society police department in M.G.L. c. 22C, § 59; or
(e) any other law enforcement agency subject
			 to POST certification requirements.
Law Enforcement Officer (Officer)
. A
				person who
(a) receives an appointment
			 to a position in which he or she will perform police duties and functions as a
			 municipal police officer, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police
			 officer, Massachusetts environmental law enforcement officer, University of
			 Massachusetts police officer, campus police officer, deputy sheriff appointed
			 pursuant to M.G.L. c. 37, § 3 performing police duties and
			 functions;
(b) any other law
			 enforcement officer subject to POST certification requirements or;
(c) an individual performing police duties
			 and functions that the Committee agrees to train within its discretion.
Operated Academy
. A police academy
				whose operation is financed and staffed by the Municipal Police Training
				Committee.
Police Duties and Functions
.
				Authorized conduct that includes, but is not limited to, maintaining the peace
				through community engagement, conducting investigations, conducting traffic
				enforcement and responding to emergencies, entering premises for purposes of
				searching and/or seizing property, interviewing or questioning individuals, and
				making arrests or detaining individuals while committed to procedural justice
				in the community served by upholding constitutional rights.
Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
				(POST)
. The agency established in M.G.L. c. 6E.
Police Academy
. An entry-level academy
				operated or authorized by the Municipal Police Training Committee that has the
				prescribed course of study that a law enforcement officer must satisfactorily
				complete prior to performing police duties and functions in
				Massachusetts.
Reserve/Intermittent Police Officer
. A
				person who received an appointment to a part-time reserve/intermittent position
				in Massachusetts in which he or she performs police duties and functions for a
				law enforcement agency.
Reserve/intermittent Training Program
.
				An entry-level training program operated or authorized by the Municipal Police
				Training Committee that was the prescribed course of study that a
				reserve/intermittent police officer had to satisfactorily complete prior to
				exercising police powers in Massachusetts prior to the passage of St. 2020, c.
				253.
Specialized Training
. Police training
				that is not police academy or in-service training.
Sponsored Candidate
. A student officer
				enrolled by a law enforcement agency in a police academy but not appointed as a
				law enforcement officer at the time of enrollment.
Student Officer
. An individual who is
				attending a police academy in order to perform police duties and
				functions.