Establishes a language proficiency pay program for bilingual police officers in Massachusetts.
The bill amends Chapter 41 of the General Laws to create a language proficiency pay program for bilingual police officers. It allows cities and towns to offer stipends, salary increases, or other monetary incentives to officers who speak languages other than English spoken in their communities. The Municipal Police Training Committee will certify the amount of reimbursement to be paid by the commonwealth. The criteria for language proficiency include achieving a minimum score on the World Language Assessment Instrument or a comparable metric.
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