Massachusetts § 116B Hate crimes; police instruction

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 116B — Hate crimes; police instruction

Massachusetts § 116B

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title IIEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Ch. 6THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 116B (2026).

Text

Section 116B. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter twenty-two C. The municipal police training committee shall include such instruction in all curricula for recruits and in-service trainees and in all police schools, academies and programs operated or certified by said committee.

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Section 116B. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter twenty-two C. The municipal police training committee shall include such instruction in all curricula for recruits and in-service trainees and in all police schools, academies and programs operated or certified by said committee.