{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22c-20","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, § 20","heading":"Training programs for newly enlisted and uniformed department members","body":"Section 20. The colonel shall prescribe a training program for persons who shall be enlisted for the first time in the department such that no person shall exercise police powers as such a uniformed member until he shall have been assigned to and satisfactorily completed such training program. The colonel shall also prescribe an in-service training program for uniformed members of the state police.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 22C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter22C/Section20","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:04Z","sha256":"e68dde165e1f3547526a905f1ffe9f7c046929d496e38fe25edb093aca190fc2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22c-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22c-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}