Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 555 CMR - PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION › Title 555 CMR 7.00 - Recertification › Section 7.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
For the purposes of 555 CMR 7.00, the following terms have the
				following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
Authority
. An officer's employing
				agency or any supervisor therein; the civil service commission; any arbitrator
				or other third-party neutral with decision-making power; and any court.
Bridge Academy Training
. The
				"additional training as required by the municipal police training committee"
				pursuant to St. 2020, c. 253, § 102(b).
Certification Period
. The period of
				time between the effective date and the expiration date of an individual's
				certification as a law enforcement officer, including any period of
				continuation, provided for under M.G.L. c. 30A, § 13 or 555 CMR 7.03,
				beyond the reference date.
Commission
. The peace officer
				standards and training commission as an agency, including its commissioners and
				its staff.
Conditional Certification
and
Conditional Recertification
. A certification of the
				type described in 555 CMR 7.04.
Decertification
and
Revocation of Certification
. Are synonymous, as
				provided in M.G.L. c. 6E, § 1, and such terms refer to a revocation of
				certification made by the commission pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6E, § 10, an
				action distinct from a "denial of recertification."
Denial of Recertification
. A
				commission decision not to renew an individual's certification as a law
				enforcement officer, made pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6E, §§ 3(a) and 4, an
				action distinct from "decertification" or "revocation of certification."
Employing Agency
. The law enforcement
				agency for which an officer is employed or the appointing authority that is
				responsible for submitting documentation concerning an officer's
				recertification to the commission.
Final Decision
. The ultimate
				commission decision on recertification, following any review or hearing or the
				expiration of the time afforded for an officer to seek such review or hearing,
				and following the satisfaction of any conditions attached to a conditional
				recertification or the expiration of the time to satisfy any such conditions;
				and does not include a decision granting a conditional recertification.
Full Certification
and
Full Recertification
. A decision granting
				certification for three years pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6E, § 4(f)(3), without
				any limitation, condition, restriction, or suspension imposed pursuant to
				M.G.L. c. 6E, § 3(a) or another provision.
Good Character and Fitness for
				Employment
. "Good moral character and fitness for employment in
				law enforcement," M.G.L. c. 6E, § 4(f)(1)(ix).
Municipal Police Training Committee
and
MPTC
. The agency of the same name within the
				executive office of public safety, as established in M.G.L. c. 6, §
				116.
Reference Date
. The end date for an
				officer's certification provided for in St. 2020, c. 253, § 102 or the end
				date of a prior certification issued to an officer by the commission, whichever
				is later, without regard to any period of continuation provided for by M.G.L.
				c. 30A, § 13 or 555 CMR 7.03.