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October 17, 2024 Meeting summary: Call to order; Approval of minutes from September 19 and 24 meetings; Executive Director report; Finance and Administrative update; Legal update, Vote on revised version of 555 CRM 12.00 regulations; Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Certification Policy; Discussion of draft standard on Use of Force Reporting and Discussion of draft standard on an Officer Code of Conduct; Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting; Executive Session.
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
Public Meeting #56 October 17, 2024 8:30 a.m.
Remote Participation via Zoom Meeting ID: 985 7276 3319
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of minutes
a. September 19, 2024
b. September 24, 2024
3) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
4) Finance & Administrative Update – Eric Rebello-Pradas
5) Division of Standards Semi-annual Report – Matthew P. Landry
6) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz, Pauline Nguyen, Elizabeth B. Smith, and Annie E. Lee
a. 555 CMR 12.00: Maintenance, Reporting, and Audits of Law Enforcement Records and Information
i) Vote on a revised version
b. Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Certification Policy
i) Overview of a draft, revised version of 555 CMR 7.00: Recertification
ii) Issues related to the certification requirement of being of good moral character and fit for employment in law enforcement
iii) Collection and analysis of information relevant to the certification requirement concerning physical and psychological fitness
c. Agency Certification Initiative
i) Discussion of draft standard on Use of Force Reporting
ii) Discussion of draft standard on an Officer Code of Conduct
7) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
8) Executive Session in accordance with the following:
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(1), to discuss “the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, . . . or individual”;
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(5), to discuss the investigation of charges of criminal misconduct;
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7), combined with M.G.L. c. 6E, § 8(c)(2), and to the extent they may be applicable, M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 168 and 178, to discuss the initiation of preliminary inquiries and initial staff review related to the same, and regarding certain criminal offender record information; and
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7), combined with M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 22(f) and (g), to discuss and approve the minutes of prior Executive Sessions
a. Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-009
ii) PI-2024-026
b. Division of Standards request to enter into voluntary decertification or suspension agreement in the following cases:
i) PI-2023-11-16-003
ii) PI-2023-10-24-005
c. Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-061
ii) PI-2024-062
iii) PI-2024-063
iv) PI-2024-064
v) PI-2024-065
vi) PI-2024-066
vii) PI-2024-067
viii) PI-2024-068
d. Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of September 24, 2024
Note that M.G.L. c. 66, § 6A(d) provides that “[a]n electronically produced document submitted to an agency . . . for use in deliberations by a public body shall be provided in an electronic format at the time of submission.”