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§ 97C — Special telephone exchange for reporting of rape

Massachusetts § 97C
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 41OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 97C (2026).

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Section 97C. Each rape reporting and prosecution unit shall, in addition to the services provided in section ninety-seven B, establish a special telephone exchange for the reporting of rape which may be utilized at any hour of day or night and shall widely publicize this number and information concerning the activities of the unit throughout the city or town.

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§ 97
Police departments; establishment
§ 97A
Police departments; chief of police; powers and duties
§ 97B
Rape reporting and prosecution units within police departments; training and funding; personnel; retention and preservation of forensic evidence
§ 97B 1/2
Notification to local law enforcement by medical facilities when evidence of sexual assault obtained; submission of evidence kit to crime laboratory; entering of evidence into DNA database and statewide sexual assault evidence kit tracking system
§ 97C
Special telephone exchange for reporting of rape
§ 97D
Confidentiality of reports of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence; access by victim and certain individuals in performance of their duties; violations; penalties
§ 97E
Chief of police; attendance at conventions
§ 97F
Firefighter duties; performance by police
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