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County police. 1899, 196, §§ 2-4.

COUNTY POLICE.

SECTION 10. County commissioners may appoint persons who 1 are in the employment of said county as police officers, who shall, 2 when on duty, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with 3 the words "County Police" and the name of the county for which 4 they are appointed. Such officers may preserve order in any court 5 house or in any room or building used for county business and 6 upon the adjoining premises. They may, without a warrant, arrest 7 idle, intoxicated or disorderly persons who by their presence or 8 conduct obstruct or annoy persons using county buildings or prem- 9 ises, or who violate the provisions of section eighty-one of chapter 10 two hundred and eight, and may take persons so arrested to the 11 nearest police station or other place of lawful detention.

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Non-resident special police officers.

1892, 413, § 1.

Police protection author

lated.

1892, 413, § 2.

SPECIAL POLICE.

SECTION 11. If, in an emergency, special officers are appointed, 1 under the name of police officers or any other name, to act as police 2 officers for quelling a riot or disturbance or for protecting property, 3 no person shall be so appointed who is not a resident of this com- 4 monwealth, unless he is a regular employee of the person or corpo- 5 ration whose property he is so appointed to protect.

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SECTION 12. A person or corporation may at any time, if his 1 ized and regu- or its property is in danger, call upon the regular police authorities 2 in this commonwealth for assistance in its protection, and the pro- 3 visions of this and the preceding section shall not limit or diminish 4 such right; but no person or corporation shall request or authorize 5 any person or body of persons not residents of this commonwealth, 6 except regular employees, to assist such corporation with arms in 7 the defence of its property, and no such request or authority shall 8 justify an assault or attack with arms by a non-resident. Whoever 9 being an employer of labor, requests or authorizes assistance in 10 violation of the provisions of this section and whoever renders 11 such assistance with arms shall be severally liable in damages to each 12 person injured in person or property thereby. 13

Railroad and
steamboat
police.

1871, 331, §§ 1, 8.
1880, 85, § 1.
P. S. 103, § 13.

RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT POLICE.

SECTION 13. The mayor and aldermen of a city or the select- 1 men of a town, upon the petition of a railroad corporation having a 2 1874, 372, $143. passenger station therein, or of a common carrier of passengers by 3 water for hire having a usual place of receiving or discharging pas- 4 sengers therein, may appoint as many of the persons in the employ- 5 ment of said petitioner as police officers as they may deem proper 6 for the purposes and with the powers hereinafter set forth.

Copy of ap
pointment to

be filed.
1871, 331, § 2.

1874, 372, 143.

1878, 90. 1880, 85, § 2.

P. S. 103, § 14.

1896, 225, § 1.

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SECTION 14. A copy of the record of all such appointments shall 1 be filed by the petitioner with the clerk of each place in which such 2 corporation draws cars by its own motive power or such carrier is 3 accustomed to receive or discharge passengers, and in which it is 4 intended that such police shall act; and the filing of such copy, 5 duly attested, shall constitute the persons named therein railroad 6

7 or steamboat police, respectively, within such towns or cities, and 8 upon the boats or vessels of such carriers by water, while within the 9 boundaries of the commonwealth, and shall be conclusive evidence 10 of the regularity of their appointment.

§ P. S. 103, § 15.

1 SECTION 15. Such police officers shall be sworn before a justice Term of office. 2 of the peace and shall hold their offices until their appointment is 174, 72, 143. 3 revoked by the mayor and aldermen of the city or the selectmen of $2 4 the town in which they are appointed; but such petitioner, upon 1883, 65. 5 ceasing to require the services of any such officer, shall file a notice 6 to that effect in the several offices in which notice of such appoint7 ment was originally filed, and thereupon the power of such officer 8 shall cease.

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1880, 85, § 3.

SECTION 16. Every such officer shall, when on duty except as a Badges. 2 detective, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the 184,372, 114. 3 words Railroad Police" and the name or initials of the corporation 103, 16. 4 for which he is appointed, or "Steamboat Police," according to his 1896, 225, § 2. 5 appointment; and the presence of any such officer on the cars, 6 steamboats or premises of the corporation upon whose petition he 7 was appointed, wearing such badge, shall be prima facie evidence 8 that he is lawfully on duty.

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disorderly perwarrant.

SECTION 17. Railroad police officers may preserve order within Arrest of 2 and upon the premises and cars of the corporation upon whose peti- sons without a 3 tion they are appointed; may, without a warrant, arrest idle, intox- 1871, 1, $84,5. 4 icated or disorderly persons who frequent such premises or cars and 14,145. 5 by their presence or conduct, or by profane or indecent language, 6 obstruct or annoy travellers using the same; and may take such 7 persons to the nearest police station or other place of lawful deten

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P. S. 103, § 17.

-of passengers refusing 1871, 331, § 7.

1 SECTION 18. If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay 2 his fare, or is noisy or disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest to pay fare." 3 him without a warrant, remove him to the baggage or other suita- 1874, 72, § 146. 4 ble car of such train and confine him there until the arrival of the PS, 103, § 18. 5 train at a station where he can be placed in charge of an officer who 22 6 shall take him to a place of lawful detention.

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143 Mass. 68, 148 Mass. 119.

steamboat

isso, 85, § 4.

SECTION 19. Steamboat police officers shall have like powers, Powers of 2 upon the vessels and boats of the carrier upon whose petition they police. 3 are appointed, and upon the premises and at the wharves and land- F. S. 103, § 19. 4 ing places owned or used by such carrier, to those given by the pro5 visions of the two preceding sections to railroad police officers.

of railroad

1 SECTION 20. Railroad police officers shall be paid by the cor- Compensation 2 porations upon whose petition they are appointed. Such corpora- police. 3 tions shall be liable for any official misconduct of such officers to P. S. 103, § 20. 4 the same extent as for torts of agents and servants in their employ.

1874, 372, § 147.

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STREET RAILWAY POLICE.

police officers.

SECTION 21. The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen Street railway 2 of a town, upon the petition of a majority of the board of directors 1895, 318, §§ 1, 4. 3 of a corporation operating a street railway from such city or town

To wear badge when on duty, etc.

1895, 318, § 2.

Powers and duties.

1895, 318, § 3.

Bond, etc., for
compensation
of officer.
1895, 318, § 4.

Evidence of regularity of

1895, 318, § 5.

to another city or town, shall appoint such persons as are designated 4 in said petition as street railway police officers. An officer, agent 5 or employee of such corporation shall not be so appointed; but a 6 member of the regular police force in such city or town may be ap- 7 pointed a street railway police officer.

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SECTION 22. Every such officer shall, when on duty as such, 1 wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words 2 "Street Railway Police," and he may be uniformed and equipped in 3 the manner authorized by the mayor and aldermen or selectmen ap- 4 pointing him.

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SECTION 23. Such officer shall ride upon the cars of said cor- 1 poration on any trip on said street railway from and to said city 2 or town when requested so to do by the directors or by any officer 3 or agent of said corporation duly authorized by the directors to 4 make such request. He shall, while acting as such officer, arrest 5 without a warrant any person committing, in his presence, any of 6 the offences specified in section forty-three of chapter one hun- 7 dred and twelve, or in section two hundred and sixty of chapter 8 one hundred and eleven, relative to street railways, in any city or 9 town upon the route of said street railway, and shall take the per- 10 son arrested to the police station or other place of lawful detention 11 in the city or town in which the arrest is made, or in the adjoining 12 city or town in which the car next stops; or he may place the person 13 arrested in charge of a police officer or constable in either of such 14 cities or towns, to be taken to a lawful place of detention within 15 twenty-four hours after the time of such arrest, Sundays excepted. 16 The officer who takes the person arrested to the place of detention 17 shall make a complaint against him for the offence for which he was 18 arrested, to a police, district or municipal court or trial justice 19 having jurisdiction of such offences which are committed in the city 20 or town in which such person is detained, and such court or justice 21 shall have jurisdiction of the case.

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SECTION 24. No such police officer shall be appointed until the 1 corporation which requests his appointment gives to the city or town 2 in which it is to be made a bond with two sureties satisfactory to the 3 appointing board, with condition that it will from time to time pay 4 to such city or town such compensation for the services of such 5 officer as shall be fixed by the appointing board, not exceeding 6 twenty-five cents an hour. Such corporation shall not have any 7 control over a street railway police officer or be responsible for his 8 conduct, nor shall it be entitled to collect fares from him while 9 travelling in the performance of his official duty.

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SECTION 25. The official record of the appointment of a street 1 appointment. railway police officer, or a copy thereof duly attested by the proper 2 officer, shall be conclusive of the regularity of his appointment; and 3 his presence on the car or premises of such corporation, wearing a 4 badge in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-two shall 5 be prima facie evidence that he is lawfully on duty.

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RESERVE POLICE FORCE IN CITIES.

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force.

SECTION 26. Any city, except Boston, in which the city council, Reserve police 2 with the approval of the mayor, accepts the provisions of this and 1896, 314, §§ 1, 4. 3 the two following sections or has accepted the corresponding pro

4 visions of earlier laws, may establish a reserve police force; and

5 appointments thereto shall be made in the same manner as appoint

6 ments to the regular police force of said city, subject to such rules 7 as the civil service commissioners may prescribe.

members.

1 SECTION 27. The number of members of such reserve force shall Number of 2 not exceed five in cities in which the number of members of the 1896, 314, § 2. 3 regular force does not exceed fifteen. If the number of members of 4 the regular force exceeds fifteen, one member may be added to the 5 reserve force for every three of the regular force above fifteen and 6 not above thirty; one for every five of the regular force above thirty 7 and not above eighty; and one for every ten of the regular force 8 above eighty.

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SECTION 28. The mayor, chief of police or city marshal of a Powers, 2 city in which such reserve force is established may assign the mem- pensation. 3 bers thereof to duty in said city whenever and for such length of 1896, 314, § 3. 4 time as said mayor, chief of police or marshal may deem necessary; 5 and when on duty the members of said reserve shall have all the 6 powers and duties of members of the regular police force of said 7 city. The compensation of the members of said reserve force shall 8 be fixed by the city council.

POLICE PENSIONS.

sions in cities.

1 SECTION 29. The mayor and aldermen of any city, except Police pen2 Boston, which accepts the provisions of this and the following 1892, 378, §§ 1, 4. 3 section or has accepted the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, 4 and which contains not less than seventy-five thousand inhabitants 5 according to the latest census, state or national, may retire from 6 active service and place upon a pension roll any member of the 7 police department of such city sixty-five years of age or over who 8 has performed faithful service in said department for not less than 9 fifteen years, or any member of said department whom the city 10 physician of such city certifies in writing to be permanently dis11 abled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no 12 fault of his in the actual performance of duty, from further per13 forming duty as such member, or any member of said department 14 who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty 15 years, if, in the judgment of said board, he is disabled for useful 16 service in said department.

1892, 378, §§ 2, 3.

1 SECTION 30. The amount of the annual pension allowed to any Amount of 2 person under the provisions of the preceding section shall not ex- pension. 3 ceed one-half of the annual compensation received by him at the 4 time of such retirement, if he is retired by reason of injuries re5 ceived, nor exceed one-third of such compensation if he is retired

6 by reason of age or service. Such pensions shall be paid by the 7 city, which may appropriate money therefor.

Police matrons
in cities.
1887, 234, § 1.
1888, 181.

Tenure, salary, duties.

1887, 234, § 2. 1888, 181.

POLICE MATRONS.

SECTION 31. In every city which has a population of over thirty 1 thousand inhabitants as shown by the latest census, state or 2 national, except Boston, the mayor shall, and in any other city, 3 except Boston, the mayor, and in Boston, the board of police, may 4 designate one or more police stations for the detention and con- 5 finement of all women under arrest, and for the detention and lodg- 6 ing of women not under arrest, within such city. Such mayor 7 or board of police may at any time designate additional stations, or 8 may declare any stations so designated to be discontinued; but one 9 such station shall always remain so designated, except in Boston. 10 The board of police for the city of Boston and the mayor of any 11 other city shall appoint, as soon as may be after any station has been 12 so designated, one or two police matrons to be attached thereto. 13

SECTION 32. A woman shall not be appointed a police matron 1 unless she is suitable for the position and has been recommended 2 therefor in writing by at least ten women of good standing, residents 3 of the city in which the appointment is to be made. A police matron 4 shall be appointed to hold office until removal, and may be removed 5 at any time by the mayor or board of police, as the case may be, by 6 written order stating the cause of removal. Upon her death, resig- 7 nation or removal her successor shall be appointed as soon as may 8 be. She shall receive a reasonable compensation, which shall be 9 fixed, except in Boston, by the city council, and in Boston, by the 10 concurrent action of the city council and of the board of police, and 11 shall be paid by the city treasurer upon the requisition of said board. 12 If only one police matron is attached to a station, she shall reside 13 within a reasonable distance thereof and shall be ready to respond to 14 a call therefrom at any hour of the day or night. If two police 15 matrons are attached to a station, the hours during which they 16 shall respond to calls therefrom, respectively, shall be so fixed by 17 the mayor or board of police that one of them shall be ready to 18 respond at all hours of the day and night, and each such matron 19 shall, during the hours so fixed for her, remain within a reasonable 20 distance of such station and be ready to respond to any call there-21 from. One of such matrons shall remain constantly at the police 22 station to which she is attached, ready for service, so long as any 23 woman is detained, lodged or held under arrest therein. A police 24 matron shall have the entire care and charge of all women held under 25 arrest, detained or lodged in the station to which she is attached, 26 and she may at any time call upon the officer in command of such 27 station for assistance. She shall be subject to the authority of the 28 head of the police department of the city in which she serves, and 29 to the rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of 30 sections thirty-one to thirty-four, inclusive, which may be pre-31 scribed by such authority; but she shall not be subject to the con-32 trol or direction of any police officer attached to a station except 33 the officer in command thereof at the time. In every station to 34 which a police matron is attached, the mayor or board of police shall, 35 at the expense of the city, provide sufficient and proper accommo- 36 dation for women held under arrest, detained or lodged therein. 37

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