Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 96A (2026)

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Section 96A. No person who has been convicted of any felony or whose name is listed in the national decertification index or the database of decertified law enforcement officers maintained by the Massachusetts peace officer standards and training commission pursuant to chapter 6E shall be appointed as a police officer of a city, town or district.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: Crete v. City of Lowell, 418 F.3d 54 (1st Cir. 2005).

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Crete v. City of Lowell, 418 F.3d 54 (1st Cir. 2005). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 96A prohibits any person “who has been convicted of any felony” from being appointed as a police officer “of a city, town or district.”

Attorney Gen. v. McHatton, 705 N.E.2d 252 (Mass. 1999). “We note as well that the Legislature has recognized the need for a high standard of conduct for police officers in G. L. c. 41, § 96A, which prohibits the appointment of anyone who has been convicted of a felony as a police officer of a city, town, or district, and G.”

United States v. Caron, 941 F. Supp. 238 (D. Mass. 1996). “For example, a felon cannot be a police officer, Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 41, § 96A (West 1994); be appointed as an inspector of public safety, Mass.”

UNITED STATES of Am., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John J. OMAN, Defendant-Appellant, 91 F.3d 1320 (9th Cir. 1996). “125 § 9; or, a police officer, Mass. Gen. L. ch. 41 § 96A. Massachusetts prevents a felon from obtaining certain licenses issued by the state, such as a license to sell, rent, or lease firearms.”

Leavitt v. City of Lynn, 769 N.E.2d 296 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). “, and cited G. L. c. 41, § 96A, which prohibits the appointment as a police officer of a city, town, or district anyone who has been convicted of a felony.”

City of Boston v. Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n, 23 Mass. L. Rptr. 579 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2008). “” For example, G.L.c. 41, §96A states that “[n]o person who has been convicted of any felony shall be appointed as a police officer of a city, town, or district.”

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