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Recent Updates for Massachusetts Police Officers
New Massachusetts Legislation Makes Peacetime Veterans Eligible for State Benefits
State Orders Police to Collect Profiling Data
Commonwealth v. Nebel: Lewd and lascivious behavior now punishable when committed in wooded rest area.
In-Service 2003/04 (PDF) --Legal Updates for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Official
Commonwealth v. Collins: Where a suspect has contained and consulted an attorney concerning the matter under investigation, and where the police have done nothing to impede the contact or the flow of information or advice between lawyer and client (including e.g., failing to notify the defendant of attempts by the lawyer to contact him), our concerns regarding interference with the attorney-client relationship are simply not present. In these circumstances, the rule of Maverdakis does not apply, and to extend it would unduly burden law enforcement with responsibilities that firmly belong with attorneys and defendants. Commonwealth v. Maverdakis, 430 Mass. 848 (2000).
Newton Branch Of The Massachusetts Police Association v. City Of Newton et al. , 96 Mass. 186 (1985): This decision permits the chief of police to assign an officer who may be incapacitated for purposes of performing one type of police duty to another which he if fully capable of performing. In other words, if a police officer is not incapacitated from performing any one of the duties to which he might be legally assigned, he is required to perform that duty or forfeit his right to be paid accidental disability leave under G.L. c. 41 s 11F. Therefore, pursuant to C. 41 Section 111F, an officer injured on duty can be ordered back to work to perform light duty.
2002 Terrorism Act (PDF)
2003 Legislation: Enticing Child Under the Age of 16 (Felony)
Wheeler v. Town of Franklin (PDF): Chief of Police has the power to require all officers to obtain an LTC. Where an officer cannot obtain an LTC duc to a statutory disqualification, he or she can be terminated.
Town of Plymouth v. Civil Service Commission (PDF): Where a civil service police officer subsequently hired after January 1, 1998 is found to have used tobacco products (on or off the job), he or she MUST be terminated under the rules of the personnel administrator.
Recent changes concerning the custodial interrogation of juveniles in Massachusetts (PDF)
In Commonwealth v. Quinn (2003)(PDF), the SJC was confronted with the issue of whether or not a male could be convicted of open and gross lewdness for sporting a thong clad buttocks in public and displaying it to minors.
BB Gun on University Property the Equivalent To a Firearm-Notwithstanding LTC (PDF)
Smoking Requires Mandatory Termination (PDF)
The Roundtable Discussion Law Pertaining to Juveniles Presenting a Threat to the Community (PDF)
Personal Recognizance and Bail Fees (PDF)
