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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 22C. — THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE.
- Chapter 22C — Section 1. Definitions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 2. Department; supervision and control.
- Chapter 22C — Section 3. Colonel of state police; powers and duties.
- Chapter 22C — Section 4. Divisions; heads of divisions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 5. Division of field services.
- Chapter 22C — Section 6. Division of investigation and intelligence.
- Chapter 22C — Section 7. Division of special police services.
- Chapter 22C — Section 8. Division of support services.
- Chapter 22C — Section 9. Experts, clerks and assistants; appointment and removal.
- Chapter 22C — Section 10. Appointments to department of state police; governor's authorization; restrictions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 11. Appointment for initial enlistment; competitive examination; eligible list.
- Chapter 22C — Section 12. Misdemeanors committed in presence of on-duty uniformed member; enforcement powers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 13. Charges against uniformed member; trial by board ; review.
- Chapter 22C — Section 14. Felony or controlled substance convictions; receipt of gratuities for official services.
- Chapter 22C — Section 15. Oath of office; officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 16. Expenses for injuries sustained during employment.
- Chapter 22C — Section 17. Estimate of expenses and patrolling time; recommendation of appropriations.
- Chapter 22C — Section 18. Additional work times; compensation.
- Chapter 22C — Section 19. Uniforms; rules and regulations; violations.
- Chapter 22C — Section 20. Training programs for newly enlisted and uniformed department members.
- Chapter 22C — Section 21. Training programs for city or town police officers and certain state employees.
- Chapter 22C — Section 22. Evaluation reports; annual filing.
- Chapter 22C — Section 23. Affirmative action office; responsibilities; annual report.
- Chapter 22C — Section 24. Separation from employment due to lack of work or money or abolition of positions; reinstatement.
- Chapter 22C — Section 24A. Persons retired for disability; certification for reinstatement.
- Chapter 22C — Section 25. Notice for promotional examinations; right to appeal questions or results; regulations.
- Chapter 22C — Section 26. Promotion of uniformed members; factors for consideration; list of eligible members.
- Chapter 22C — Section 27. Vacancies in titles of lieutenant colonel and major.
- Chapter 22C — Section 28. Period of service requirements for certain appointments.
- Chapter 22C — Section 28A. Base salaries; review of salary schedule; adjustments.
- Chapter 22C — Section 29. Turnpike authority; agreement for police services; contents.
- Chapter 22C — Section 30. Port authority; agreement for police services; contents.
- Chapter 22C — Section 31. Water resources authority; agreement for police services; contents.
- Chapter 22C — Section 32. Definitions applicable to secs. 33 to 35.
- Chapter 22C — Section 33. Collection of hate crime data; regulations.
- Chapter 22C — Section 34. Hate crime data reports; public record.
- Chapter 22C — Section 35. Availability of hate crime data to law enforcement and other agencies.
- Chapter 22C — Section 36. Identification of criminals; furnishing of information to other departments and states.
- Chapter 22C — Section 36A. Identifying and locating information from records; individuals wanted on default or arrest warrants.
- Chapter 22C — Section 37. Release or discharge of persons confined for certain sexual assaults and other crimes; notification to department and local authorities.
- Chapter 22C — Section 38. Criminal information section; duties and functions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 39. Chemist's analysis of drugs; certificate of results; prima facie evidence.
- Chapter 22C — Section 40. Narcotics unit; duties and functions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 41. Chemist's analysis of sperm cells; certificate of results; prima facie evidence.
- Chapter 22C — Section 42. Motor vehicle owner records; certified copies; prima facie evidence.
- Chapter 22C — Section 43. Persons affected by orders of department; appeals.
- Chapter 22C — Section 44. Destruction or disposal of certain entertainment permit applications or reports.
- Chapter 22C — Section 45. Property lost, stolen or taken from arrested persons; unclaimed property; public auction.
- Chapter 22C — Section 46. Perishable property; property deteriorating in value; public auction.
- Chapter 22C — Section 47. Proceeds from public auctions.
- Chapter 22C — Section 48. Claims by owner after public auction; payment to owner.
- Chapter 22C — Section 49. Police reports; indication of domestic abuse.
- Chapter 22C — Section 50. Police officers' and university guards' duties on reservations.
- Chapter 22C — Section 51. Special state police officer appointments upon petition by railroad corporation.
- Chapter 22C — Section 52. Records of appointments under sec. 51.
- Chapter 22C — Section 53. Swearing in of special state police officers; licenses; duration of appointment.
- Chapter 22C — Section 54. Aid to governor in performance of duties.
- Chapter 22C — Section 55. [BLANK]
- Chapter 22C — Section 56. Agents of Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 57. Agents of humane societies and associations; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 58. Port of Boston Authority employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 59. Employees of mental health or mental retardation departments; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 60. Public health department employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 61. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 62. Employees of soldiers' homes; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 63. Employees of colleges, universities, other educational institutions and hospitals; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 64. Civil defense agency employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 65. Middlesex County Sanatorium employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 66. Employment and training department employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 67. State lottery commission employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 68. Special investigations bureau employees; appointment as special officers.
- Chapter 22C — Section 69. Standards of skill for special officers licensed under secs. 56 to 68; rules and regulations.
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