The POST Commission held a Physical Fitness Panel Discussion on law enforcement physical fitness training and testing on October 18 and featured a panel of six nationally and internationally recognized experts with decades of experience and research in the area of tactical training and testing.
If you missed the discussion, you can view the Notes Summary here and the YouTube recording here.
Meeting summary: Call to order; Approval of Minutes from October 17, 2024; Executive Director report; Legal Update on regulations and recertification; Executive Session.
Watch Meeting Recording (YouTube)
Meeting Summary: Approval of minutes from the October 1 , 2024 and December 19, 2024 meetings.
Public Meeting #9 December 19, 2024 8:30 a.m.
Meeting Summary: Approval of minutes from the November 21, 2024 meeting; Executive Director Report; financial and administrative updates; budget development; diversity update. Legal update: recertification; physical and behavioral health of officers; agency certification initiative; discussion of draft standards of use of force and use of force reporting; officer code of conduct.
Meeting Summary: Approval of minutes from the December 19, 2024 meeting; Executive Director Report: in-service training updates; financial and administrative updates.
Hear from the POST Commission at a Community Information Session in Worcester on Wednesday, January 29 at 6 PM at the YWCA of Central Massachusetts. Learn more about the POST Commission’s mission and purpose, meet Commission staff, ask questions and share your comments. This event is co-sponsored by the YWCA of Central Massachusetts and the NAACP Worcester, and we look forward to seeing you there. Note that while POST staff is happy to answer questions regarding our operations and governing regulations, we cannot comment on individual cases.
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission was established as part of the criminal justice reform legislation enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020. Our mission is to improve policing and enhance public confidence in law enforcement by implementing a fair process for mandatory certification, discipline, and training for all peace officers in the Commonwealth.
Meeting Summary: Approval of minutes from the January 16, 2025 meeting; Executive Director Report: updates on complaints and incident reports; progress on certification matters; financial and administrative updates. Division of Standards update: discussion on constable complaints and tracking procedures. Legal update: status of Officer recertification efforts.
Meeting Summary: Call to Order; Executive Session; Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of February 13, 2025; Approval of Minutes February 13, 2025; Executive Director Report: certification update, update on Constables, administrative update, budget update; Legal update: officer recertification, issues related to officers’ physical fitness & behavioral health, agency certification initiative, discussion of draft standards on the use of force and reporting uses of force, relinquishment of certification, discussion of proposed policy
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
Public Meeting #61 March 20, 2025 8:30 a.m. Remote Participation via Zoom Meeting ID: 921 2333 1585
1) Call to Order and Open Session
2) 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 a prior Executive Session.
a) Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
(1) PI-2024-063
(2) PI-2025-009
(3) PI-2024-051
(4) PI-2024-068
(5) PI-2024-066
(6) PI-2023-04-13-015
(7) PI-2022-12-13-005
(8) PI-2024-064
b) Division of Standards request to enter into voluntary decertification or suspension agreement in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-028
ii) PI-2024-026
iii) PI-2024-019
c) Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2023-04-13-017
ii) PI-2024-040
iii) PI-2025-010
iv) PI-2025-011
v) PI-2025-012
vi) PI-2025-013
vii) PI-2025-014
viii) PI-2025-015
ix) PI-2025-016
x) PI-2025-017
d) Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of February 13, 2025
3) Approval of Minutes
a) February 13, 2025
4) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
a) Certification Update
b) Update on Constables
c) Administrative Update
d) Budget Update
5) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz, Annie E. Lee, and Elizabeth B. Smith
a) Officer Recertification
i) Issues related to officers’ physical fitness & behavioral health
b) Agency Certification Initiative
i) Discussion of draft standards on the use of force and reporting uses of force
c) Relinquishment of Certification
i) Discussion of proposed policy
6) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
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.”
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
Public Meeting #62
April 17, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.
Remote Participation via Zoom
Meeting ID: 917 9733 4493
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
a) March 20, 2025
3) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
a) Certification Update
b) Budget Update
c) Administrative Update
4) Division of Standards Semi-Annual Report – Matthew P. Landry
5) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz and Annie E. Lee
a) Agency Certification Initiative
i) Discussion of draft standard on the use of force
ii) Discussion of draft standard on officer response procedures
b) Relinquishment of Certification
i) Discussion of proposed policy
6) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
7) 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 a prior Executive Session.
a) Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
i) PI-2023-12-19-06
ii) PI-2025-010
iii) PI-2025-004
b) Division of Standards request to enter into voluntary decertification or suspension agreement in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-063
ii) PI-2023-04-13-015
iii) PI-2025-009
c) Update on the following Preliminary Inquiry matter:
i) PI-2024-059
d) Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2025-018
ii) PI-2025-019
iii) PI-2025-020
iv) PI-2025-021
v) PI-2025-022
vi) PI-2025-023
e) Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of March 20, 2025
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.
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA Public Meeting #63
May 15, 2025 8:30 a.m. Remote Participation via Zoom Meeting ID: 986 2449 7915
The public portion of the meeting took place from 8:30 AM to 8:35 AM and reconvened at approximately 11:00 AM. The meeting was closed to the public from 8:35 AM to 11:00 AM for Executive Session.
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
a) April 17, 2025
3) Executive Director Report – Enrique A. Zuniga
a) National Peace Officer Memorial Day
b) Complaint & Incident Reports Update
c) Certification Update
4) Finance & Administrative Update – Eric Rebello-Pradas
5) Legal Update – Randall E. Ravitz and Annie E. Lee
a) Agency Certification Initiative
i) Discussion of draft standard on criminal investigation procedures
b) Policy on Information in the National Decertification Index
i) Discussion of proposed Policy
c) Guidance Regarding the Meaning of “Performance of Police Duties and Functions” as Used in the POST Commission’s Governing Statutes and Regulations
i) Discussion of proposed Guidance
6) Matters not anticipated by the Chair at the time of posting
7) 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 a prior Executive Session.
a) Suspension hearing in the matter of Auria Rojas, Case No. 2024-047
b) Reports of Preliminary Inquiry in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-041
ii) PI-2024-070
iii) PI-2023-09-14-002
iv) PI-2025-008
v) PI-2024-073
c) Division of Standards request to enter into voluntary decertification or suspension agreement in the following cases:
i) PI-2024-052
ii) PI-2023-12-19-006
d) Update on the following Preliminary Inquiry matter:
i) PI-2024-068
e) Division of Standards request for approval to conduct Preliminary Inquiries in the following cases:
i) PI-2025-024
ii) PI-2025-025
iii) PI-2025-026
iv) PI-2025-027
v) PI-2025-028
f) Approval of the minutes of the Executive Session of April 17, 2025
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.”