Please join the Massachusetts Bar Association
for a second webinar with leaders of the Peace Officer Standards and
Training (POST) Commission, joined by Massachusetts Police Training Committee (MPTC).This interactive
webinar will focus on the POST Commission and MPTC’s efforts developing and
implementing police standards, practices and training for school resource
officers (SROs); promoting officer wellness; and improving police response to
individuals in mental health crisis and with mental health-related concerns.
The POST Commission’s mission is to “improve policing and enhance public
confidence in law enforcement” by developing and implementing standards and a
“fair process” for officer “certification, discipline, and training” for
policing in Massachusetts.
The MPTC is statutorily responsible to “develop, deliver, and enforce”
recruit and in-service training and training standards for police in
Massachusetts.
This webinar is a special opportunity to hear from and ask questions of
POST commissioners and MPTC leaders about their efforts and progress in meeting
their statutory mandates for SROs, officer wellness, and
policing of individuals with mental health-related concerns.
The webinar was hosted using Zoom.
Faculty:
Edward Ferrante, Esq., Program Co-chair
Law Office of Edward M. Ferrante, Salem
Anne "Beau" Kealy, Esq., Program Co-chair & Moderator
MBA Civil Rights & Social Justice Section Council Member, Boston
Sean P. Kelly, Esq., Program Co-chair
Marcotte Law Firm, Lowell
Richard Cole, Esq., Program Co-chair & Moderator
Richard W. Cole, West Roxbury
Marsha Kazarosian, Esq., Moderator
Post Commission & Kazarosian Costello, LLP, Haverhill
James O'Brien, Esq., Moderator
Attorney General's Office, Boston
Hon. Margaret Hinkle (ret.), Panelist
POST Commission Chair & JAMS, Boston
Hanya H. Bluestone, PhD., Panelist
Commissioner, POST Commission, Boston
Larry Ellison, Panelist
Commission Treasurer, POST Commission, Boston
Robert J. Ferullo, Esq., Panelist
Executive Director of Massachusetts Police Training Committee
Charlene D. Luma, LICSW, Panelist
POST Commission, Boston
Randall Ravitz, Esq., Panelist
General Counsel, POST Commission, Boston