{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-176","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 176","heading":"Non-resident as special police officer","body":"Section 176. If, in an emergency, special police officers are appointed, under the name of police officers or any other name, to act as police officers for quelling a riot or disturbance or for protecting property, no non-resident of the commonwealth shall be so appointed unless he is a regular employee of the person whose property he is so appointed to protect.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section176","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:30Z","sha256":"a90427b4ce8c0c2658c10ae4495c974b8f780ab7e12ddd96aabb8a2fe9352193","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-175","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}