Three Year Update From The Post Commission

Presentation by Executive director of post commission and the director of standards

Hosted at the YWCA, Cosponsored by the Worcester NAACP

Key points of the law

• Restricts use of force
• Requires them to intervene "duty of care"
• restricts facial recognition tech
• Limits School resource officers
• Banned racial profiling
• Prohibited sex with people in custody
• Restricted use of no-knock warrants
• Chokeholds are now clearly longer allowed
• MPTC remains the agency that delivers the training but POST commission approves it

They created a mandatory three year certification for every law enforcement officer in the state, and over the past three years have certified twenty two thousand officers in Massachusetts. Departments must report complaints to the POST commission within 2 days, within 14 days they need to initiate an investigation and within 90 days they need to submit results to POST, which actively monitors compliance with those timeframes. Additionally, for some infractions the head of agency may recommend decertification. If it's closed it's available publicly, but they do not publish "not sustained" reports. Reports are deemed "Unfounded, sustained, exonerated, or not sustained"

The POST Commission is responsible for collecting and reviewing complaints related to the following categories:

• Discrimination
• Excessive force
• Serious injury or death
• Improper use of a weapon
• Unprofessionalism

You can file complaints here

https://policecomplaints.mass.gov/complaint

Or learn about the commission and their processes here

https://www.youtube.com/@mapostcommission