POST Commission
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission is charged with creating a mandatory certification process for police officers, as well as processes for decertification, suspension of certification, or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct.
About us
The POST Commission was established as part of the criminal justice reform enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020. By establishing the Commission, the Commonwealth is taking an important step to improve public safety and increase trust between members of law enforcement and the communities they serve.
About the Commissioners
Appointees of the Governor
The Honorable Judge Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) served from 1993 until 2011 as a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and will serve as Chair of the POST Commission. Since her retirement in 2011, Judge Hinkle has worked as an alternative dispute resolution professional for JAMS, a private alternative dis
By WHAV Staff |
Staff of the law firm Kazarosian Costello. (Courtesy photograph.)
The Massachusetts Bar Association is applauding the appointment of Haverhill attorney Marsha V. Kazarosian to the state’s new Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission., saying she brings “much-needed perspective.”
As WHAV reported first Friday, Kazarosian is one of several appointments required of Attorney General Maura Healey to the Commission. The board will create a police officer certification system and processes for decertification, suspension of certification or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct. The law came in response to reform demands in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis.
PITTSFIELD Pittsfield’s police chief will help shape state policy on certifying police officers in Massachusetts, a role created through reform that became law in the wake of the killing
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