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Law enforcement groups push blue‑alert system, Blue Star plates and stiffer move‑over penalties; memorial funding urged
Summary
Police unions, chiefs and surviving families urged the committee to approve bills establishing a statewide Blue Alert system, no‑cost Blue Star family license plates and higher penalties for Move Over violations, and to secure funding for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial.
Dozens of law enforcement organizations, unions and families asked the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to favorably report a package of bills that would create a statewide Blue Alert system, authorize no‑cost Blue Star family license plates for survivors of officers killed in the line of duty, strengthen the state’s Move Over law and provide a dedicated fund for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial.
Representatives of the State Police Association, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police, Boston Police organizations and families of fallen officers all…
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