Massachusetts Statutes

§ 176 — Non-resident as special police officer

Massachusetts § 176

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXILABOR AND INDUSTRIES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 176 (2026).

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Section 176. If, in an emergency, special police officers are appointed, under the name of police officers or any other name, to act as police officers for quelling a riot or disturbance or for protecting property, no non-resident of the commonwealth shall be so appointed unless he is a regular employee of the person whose property he is so appointed to protect.

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