AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE POLICE OFFICERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS OUTSIDE THEIR JURISDICTION .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 98 G, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, the following section: -
Section 98H. A police officer of a city or town who is empowered to make arrests within a city or town may, while on official duty in a city or town that borders their own jurisdiction, take any legal action or exercise any lawful act to enforce the General Laws of the Commonwealth.
Posted by: j809
Did this pass or is it still in the house?
Posted by: 2-Delta
I think it will be very helpful, presuming that it doesn't become a runaway train....
Posted by: mpdcam
I think its great. Wait til the Staties hear this though... Look out!
Posted by: Foxracingmtnridr
That's a good thing if you are in one of those cities or towns that you have to go through the next town over to get back into your city sometimes instead of banging a U-turn. I know it's happend before where i work where people got waved down while on patrol and they were actually in boston. It would help. just my
Scott
Posted by: k9sheriff
MPDCAM maybe this wil take the heat off the sheriff's departments for a while.
Posted by: bbelichick
1/01/03 S Referred to the committee on Public Safety
01/01/03 H House concurred -HJ 263A
Public Hearing date Mar 18 am at 10:30 in Room B-1
The bill was filed over a year ago. I believe it is dead.
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