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Police unions press for de novo judicial review in officer decertification appeals
Summary
Police unions and the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Policy Group testified in favor of bills (H.1828, S.1039, S.1235) to require de novo superior-court review of post (police officer standards) suspensions and decertifications exceeding two weeks, citing due-process concerns.
Representatives of Massachusetts police unions and law-enforcement associations told the Joint Committee on the Judiciary that officers should have access to de novo judicial review when the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) suspends certifications for more than two weeks or decertifies an officer.
Jamie Kennelly of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, John Nelson of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police…
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