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Meeting Summary: 

After the public meeting was called to order, the Commission proceeded into a closed executive session.  

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Meeting Summary 

The executive director provided an update on in-service training for Training Year 2025, including information about officers who missed or did not report training. The Certification Division issued notices of noncompliance, with a deadline of Oct. 30, 2025, to the affected officers and agencies. Officers who remain out of compliance after the deadline may be administratively suspended. 

The executive director announced that an updated Officer Status Change Form is available on POST’s website. The updated form is more user-friendly, includes drop-down menus to streamline data entry and processing, and now facilitates updates for officers in the “restricted” category. 

Finance and Administration staff provided an overview of FY26 activity. The Executive Office for Administration and Finance (A&F) acknowledged receipt of POST’s FY26 spending plan submission but has not yet issued formal approval or comments. Through the first quarter of FY26, POST spent approximately 19% of its total budget, compared to 25% at the same point last year. The House of Representatives passed the final deficiency budget for FY25. It included authorization for POST to use $74,000 in unspent FY25 funds in FY26. POST currently employs 50 staff members. Staff also provided an update on preliminary FY27 planning, noting that the Governor’s budget will be filed by Jan. 28, 2026, and that POST’s maintenance budget submission is due to A&F by Nov. 3, 2025. 

Legal Division staff shared two draft documents for constables, created in consultation with the Massachusetts Trial Court’s Office of General Counsel. These documents are intended to clarify what actions are permitted or not permitted for constables who are not certified by the POST Commission. No vote was requested at this time. 

Commissioner Marsha Kazarosian was re-nominated as Secretary of the POST Commission. Commissioner Charlene Luma was re-nominated as Treasurer of the POST Commission. 

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Meeting Summary:

The executive director provided an update, starting with a summary of recent outreach and engagement efforts. He then shared that the Commission received a letter from the law firm of Werksman, Jackson & Quinn regarding a complaint about Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. The executive director explained that the Commission has prepared and will send a response to the law firm following the public meeting. 

The executive director then introduced a request from the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association (MCOPA) to form an advisory committee to provide the Commission with input on policy development. The Commission directed the executive director to organize a meeting with MCOPA to learn more about the request. The Commission did not make a decision regarding the formation of the committee and will revisit this matter at a future meeting. 

Division of Certification staff presented a request from Kevin Dorr for voluntary relinquishment of certification. The request was approved. 

Legal Division staff presented three agency certification standard drafts. First, staff shared revisions to the Criminal Investigation Procedures standard, which was last presented in September 2025. Commissioners voted to preliminarily approve this draft standard. Second, staff shared revisions to the Juvenile Operations Procedures standard, which was last presented in June 2025. Lastly, staff presented the Collection and Preservation of Evidence standard for the first time. 

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POST Commission Invites Public Comment on Two Applications for Voluntary Relinquishment of Certification

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