By Ms. Atkins of Concord, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1297) of Cory Atkins and Denise Provost for legislation to extend the jurisdiction of police officers of cities and towns to bordering communities.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Cory Atkins

Denise Provost

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to police jurisdictions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 98G, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, the following section:—

Section 98H: A police officer of a city or town who is empowered to make arrests within a city or town may, while on official duty in a city or town that borders their own jurisdiction, take any legal action or exercise any lawful act to enforce the General Laws of the Commonwealth.