Meeting summary: approval of minutes October 13, 2022; Executive Director report: certification update, public complaint form; General Counsel update: proposed draft regulations re: initial certification, independent applicants and constables (555 CMR 9.00); dissemination of information on certified status; delegation of authority for immediate and administrative suspensions
Meeting summary: approval of minutes from November 22, 2022; Executive Director report: suspensions; staffing update; regulations update: proposed draft regulations re: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions; hearing update re: Regulations on Databases and Dissemination of Information (555 CMR 8.00); hearing update re: Regulations on Specialized Certification of School Resource Officers (555 CMR 10.00); General Counsel update: proposed policy on designation of hearing officers for adjudicatory hearings; definition of “Conviction” for the purposes of G.L. c. 6E, § 1 and treatment of continuances without a finding; process for the Evaluation of the Executive Director
Meeting summary: Executive Director Enrique Zuniga reported on suspensions; update on proposed regulations on databases and dissemination of information (555 CMR 8.00), and proposed regulations re: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions (555 CMR 11.00); General Counsel update; Finance and Administration update
February 16, 2023 Meeting summary: Approval of minutes from December 13, 2022 and January 12, 2023; Executive Director report on disciplinary records update; Certification update (including a list of not certified officers); presentation of annual report draft; personnel update; Director of Standards appointment Matthew Landry; update on proposed regulations on Databases and Dissemination of Information (555 CMR 8.00); and proposed regulations re: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions (555 CMR 11.00); and Finance update on FY24 Budget and Organizational Chart
March 16, 2023 Meeting summary: Executive Director report on certification of officers with last names I – P; administrative suspensions; Budget update; Legal update on collecting information regarding uses of force, injuries, and deaths; proposed regulations re: Initial Certification of Officers; and Initial or Renewed Certification of Independently Applying Officers, Including Constables (555 CMR 9.00)
Public Meeting Materials (PDF)
Meeting summary: Approval of minutes from February 16, 2023; Executive Director report: administrative update; finance update; legal update on proposed regulations re: Initial Certification of Officers; and Initial or Renewed Certification of Independently Applying Officers, Including Constables (555 CMR 9.00); proposed regulations re: Specialized Certification for School Resource Officers (555 CMR 10.00); draft guidance to Law Enforcement Agencies regarding certain aspects of 555 CMR 1.00: Procedural Rules
Meeting summary: Approval of minutes from March 16, 2023 and April 13, 2023; Executive Director Report: administrative update; disciplinary records update; certification update; intro to the Law Enforcement Agency (LEA Portal); Finance update; Legal update on Maintenance, Reporting, and Auditing of Law Enforcement Records and Information.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Notice of Public Hearing: 555 CMR 9.00: Initial Certification of Officers; and Initial or Renewed Certification of Independently Applying Officers, Including Constables
Under the authority of M.G.L. c. 6E, § 3(a)(28) and pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (the “Commission”) will conduct a public hearing to gather comments, ideas, and information concerning a proposed set of regulations,
Summary of Proposed Regulations: The proposed regulations would establish requirements and procedures for any individual to be initially certified as a law enforcement officer and for any independently applying individual, including any constable, to be initially certified or recertified as a law enforcement officer. The regulations would also prescribe procedures for applicants to obtain review of adverse decisions and outline the implications of certification decisions. Additionally, the regulations would provide for constables to be supervised in specified ways by qualified individuals, and would address constables’ powers and duties.
Notice of Public Hearing: 555 CMR 11.00: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions
Under the authority of M.G.L. c. 6E, § 3(a)(28) and pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (the “Commission”) will conduct a public hearing to gather comments, ideas, and information concerning a proposed set of regulations, 555 CMR 11.00: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions.
Summary of Proposed Regulations: The proposed regulations would establish procedures for members of the public to request that the Commission issue regulations or advisory opinions, and for the Commission to do so. They would outline a petitioning process, prescribe steps for Commission personnel to take in response to petitions, detail the effect that advisory opinions would have, and preserve the Commission’s ability to take action in the absence of a petition.
Public Hearing Notice: Proposed regulations 555 CMR 11.00: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions
Proposed regulations: 555 CMR 11.00: Regulatory Action and Advisory Opinions