Code of Massachusetts Regulations
555 CMR - PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION
Title 555 CMR 1.00 - Procedural Rules
Section 1.05 - Conduct of Preliminary Inquiries
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Collection of Information.
(2) Subpoenas. The division of standards is authorized in the name of the commission to issue subpoenas in the conduct of preliminary inquiries, to compel the attendance of witnesses, to compel the production of documents and records at any place within the commonwealth, to administer oaths, and to require testimony under oath. Subpoenas may be served by commission employees and agents, including contracted investigators. Any witness summoned may petition the commission to vacate or modify a subpoena issued in its name. After such investigation as the commission considers appropriate, the commission may grant the petition in whole or in part upon a finding that the testimony, or the evidence whose production is required, does not relate with reasonable directness to any matter in question, or that a subpoena for the attendance of a witness or the production of evidence is unreasonable or oppressive, or has not been issued a reasonable period in advance of the time when the evidence is requested. The commission shall exercise all legal remedies available to it to enforce any subpoenas issued under 555 CMR 1.05(2).
(3) Contractor Investigators. The commission may retain qualified contractor investigators, either directly or pursuant to contracts with private investigative businesses or other qualified entities, to assist the division of standards in conducting preliminary inquiries. Before a contractor investigator can participate in any preliminary inquiry, the investigator shall execute a certification acknowledging: the investigator's full understanding and acceptance of the authority given; the investigator's freedom from conflict of interest, bias, prejudice or selfinterest; applicable confidentiality provisions; and appropriate limits to the investigator's authority.