Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6 § 116I

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 6:116I - Training of law enforcement officers in appropriate interactions with persons on autism spectrum and other intellectual and development disabilities

The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop within the recruit basic training curriculum a program for regional and municipal police training schools for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program shall include training for law enforcement response to individuals on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities who are victims or witnesses to a crime or suspected or convicted of a crime.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 116I

Added by Acts 2020, c. 253,§ 23, eff. 12/31/2020.