http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_25366887/police-reach-agreement-cross-town-borders
It also authorizes an
on-duty police officer to act if they observe a drunk driver or other
unlawful behavior while traveling through another community. The
agreement, which covers most of the communities on the Boston Marathon
route, has been signed by 51 of the 54 communities in Middlesex County
and police chiefs in Waltham and Winchester have submitted the agreement
to municipal officials for a vote.
Cambridge has not signed the agreement. The agreement has also
been signed by officials outside Middlesex County, in Wellesley,
Lynnfield, and Saugus.
"Police officers are expected to always be police officers, and
they should never have to put themselves or others in danger by hastily
rushing to stop a reckless driver or wanted felon before the town line,"
Weston Police Chief Steven Shaw, president of the association, said in a
statement. "Crime doesn't stop at the border, and this agreement will
help ensure that criminals can't escape the law by escaping one
community."
The association said a 2013 court ruling cleared the way for
communities to establish mutual aid agreements and address a 1990
Supreme Judicial Court ruling in which a drunk driving case was thrown
out because a Natick police officer followed a speeding driver into
Framingham.
So this basically turns Local police into State Police!
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