Commission Meetings and Hearings

In accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25, and St. 2021, c. 20, as amended by St. 2022, c. 22, by St. 2022, c. 107, and by St. 2023, c. 2, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. The meeting will take place as noted below.

NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA

Public Meeting #57 November 21, 2024 8:30 a.m. Remote Participation via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/92277696230 Meeting ID: 922 7769 6230
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
a. October 17, 2024
3) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
4) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz, Pauline Nguyen, Elizabeth B. Smith, and Annie E. Lee
a. Update on Regulations
i) Corrections to 555 CMR 1.01(1): Transmittal of Complaint by Agency to Commission within 555 CMR 1.00: Procedural Rules
ii) Publication of 555 CMR 12.00: Maintenance, Reporting, and Audits of Law Enforcement Records and Information
iii) Municipal Police Training Committee’s process of revising 555 CMR 3.00: Requirements for Law Enforcement Officer Training
b. Recertification
i) Issues related to officers’ being of good moral character and fit for employment in law enforcement
ii) Issues related to officers’ physical fitness and behavioral health
c. Agency Certification Initiative
i) Discussion of draft standard on Officer Code of Conduct
5) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
6) 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; and
• M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(3), to discuss strategy with respect to litigation in the matter of Scott Hovsepian, et al. v. Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, Case No. 2284CV00906 in the Suffolk County Superior Court, as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the POST Commission.
a. Discussion of strategy with respect to litigation in the matter of Scott Hovsepian, et al. v. Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, Case No. 2284CV00906 in the Suffolk County Superior Court.
b. Suspension hearing in the matter of William Chu, Case No. 2024-040
c. Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-042
ii) PI-2023-04-13-005
iii) PI-2024-038
iv) PI-2023-06-15-003
v) PI-2023-04-13-016
vi) PI-2023-04-13-017
d. Division of Standards request to enter into voluntary decertification or suspension agreement in the following cases:
i) PI-2023-07-12-001
ii) PI-2023-10-24-006
e. Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-069
ii) PI-2024-070
iii) PI-2024-071
iv) PI-2024-072
v) PI-2024-073
vi) PI-2024-074
vii) PI-2024-075
viii) PI-2024-076
f. Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of October 17, 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.”

Meeting Agenda (PDF)