On September 14, 2020, Senator Ed Markey tweeted “Portland police routinely attack peaceful protestors with brute force. We must disarm these officers, and every other police department in America, of weapons of war, and enact a nationwide ban on tear gas, rubber and plastic bullets, and bean bag rounds.” The Massachusetts Police Association denounces these […]
President James Guido and the Members of the Executive Board would like to congratulate this year’s MPA scholarship award winners! Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic we were not able to have a formal ceremony but we wanted to recognize the winners. President’s Award: Brendan Flynn Arlington PDVice President’s Award: Riley Haynes Dartmouth PDBurnham
Thoughts and Prayers On behalf of the entire membership we send out thoughts and prayers to our brothers and sisters of the Saugus Police Department. Earlier this morning, several officers suffered stab wounds and lacerations in dealing with a male subject. All were transported to area hospitals where early indications say all have been stabilized. We
The MMA is taking police reform and suggesting further crippling of collective bargaining rights in order to carry out the mission of reform. The suggestion of dismantling bargaining rights under 150E would be the final nail in the coffin of law enforcement. We are disappointed but not surprised that municipal leader would take this opportunity
Covid 19 has changed a lot of behavior including this year’s legislative session. Since 1995, the formal session ended at the stroke of midnight on July 31st. That all ended this year when both the House and Senate voted to extend the formal session thru year end. This means that in addition to the budget
The Senate named Senators Brownsberger, Chang-Diaz and Tarr while the House named Representatives Cronin, Gonzalez and Whelan to the conference committee which will negotiate the final version of police reform. No real surprises but we are hopeful that Representative Gonzalez who also serves as chairman of the black and latino caucus can temper the dialogue.
House debate begins tomorrow! We have been working hard to place our input into this version of the bill. Click the name of the amendment to view the proposed change. Please contact your local State Reps and ask for their support on the following amendments:Amendment# 3 (Rep. Alan Silvia)- Membership of Police Standards and Training CommissionAmendment #61
Please follow the link to view the summary of H.4860. Click here for summary
Written Testimony was submitted to the House this morning by Executive Director Jim Machado on behalf of the Association. Electronic Email Only testimony is being allowed until 11:00AM. We encourage you to submitted your testimony by emailing: [email protected] Click here for a copy of the testimony that was submitted by the MPA
The senate has released their final revision. Stay tuned as we expect the house to release their version on Monday. Click here to view the bill.