Bill Text: MA S921 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the safety law enforcement officers
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-15 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules [S921 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S921-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Brewer
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
��������������� Court assembled:
��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the safety of law enforcement officers.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Mr. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Richard T. Moore |
Worcester and Norfolk |
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Michael O. Moore |
Second Worcester |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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Stephen Kulik |
1st Franklin |
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Vincent A. Pedone |
15th Worcester |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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John P. Fresolo |
16th Worcester |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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William Smitty Pignatelli |
4th Berkshire |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the safety of law enforcement officers.
��������������� 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.� Section 1 of Chapter 275 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof, the following words:-
�; provided further that any law enforcement officer, in the course of official business, shall be permitted to carry such weapons as are authorized by his appointing authority while in any state or county courthouse.
As used in this section, �law enforcement officer� shall mean any state, county, or municipal police officer or special state police officer authorized to make arrests or serve criminal process.�����
