H2647

To improve police training

Introduced·2/27/25
Introduced Text

Massachusetts H2647 mandates civil rights training for police recruits and in-service officers.

Massachusetts H2647 requires the municipal police training committee to incorporate civil rights training into both recruit and in-service police training programs. Recruits must complete at least eight hours of in-person instruction, while in-service officers must complete at least four hours. The Committee for Public Counsel Services or its designees will conduct the training, which covers stopping and identifying persons, searching and seizing property, electronic searches, and federal civil rights laws.

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Calendar

Sep 25, 2025

1:00 PM

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing

History

Apr 23

House

Accompanied a study order, see H5322 (under House Rule 27)

Sep 11, 2025

Joint

Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

Feb 27, 2025

House

Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security