The police in Massachusetts

<U+2026>.a comprehensive study of the police in Massachusetts; “Although the police in Massachusetts have, for the most part, performed their duties adequately, they, and the communities they police, can no longer expect law enforcement problems to be dealt with effectively by traditional responses. The police are going to need far greater financial resources to pay salaries which will attract qualified personnel, to reorganize their operational procedures, to assess their effectiveness, and to obtain the best equipment that modern technology can provide. And because local communities will not have the capacity to provide all of the needed resources, the Commonwealth and ultimately the federal government will have to assume increased responsibility for upgrading law enforcement. ][ It is the identification of some of the most troublesome problems confronting the police in Massachusetts and the solutions to these problems that this report addresses itself.”; sections include: Recruitment / Residency Requirements / Police Cadets / Commonwealth Participation in Law Enforcement Recruiting / Improvement of Police Salary Scales / Criteria for Selecting Police Personnel (Educational Standards, Character Investigations, Police Entrance Examinations, Probationary Periods) / Police Training / Police Education (Financial Assistance, Promotion Credit) / Police Organization, Management and Operations / Police Legal Advisors; makes recommendations for each item examined<U+2026>.