Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Callahan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 5, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
We are asked to decide whether Massachusetts cities or towns may requisition an out-of-State police officer to serve as a special police officer pursuant to G. L. c. 41, § 99.1 We hold that they may.
*336On August 17, 1996, a Hollis, New Hampshire police officer stopped the defendant in Pepperell, after pursuing him across the New Hampshire border. The officer had been appointed a special police officer in Pepperell pursuant to G. L. c. 41, § 99. The defendant was charged in the Ayer Division of the District Court Department with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, G. L.…
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