Massachusetts § 116I - Municipal police training committee; training program for appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum or with other intellectual and developmental disabilities
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§ 116I. Municipal police training committee; training program for appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum or with other intellectual and developmental disabilities
Section 116I. The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop within the recruit basic training curriculum a program for regional and municipal police training schools for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program shall include training for law enforcement response to individuals on the autism spectrum and those with other intellectual and developmental disabilities who are victims or witnesses to a crime or suspected or convicted of a crime.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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