MASSACHUSETTS BAY CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION, INC.

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1 MASSACHUSETTS BAY CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. Box 531, Reading, MA Telephone: Fax: Website: A HAPPY FATHER S DAY TO ALL OF OUR FATHERS, STEPFATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, GODFATHERS, AND ALL OTHER DESERVING GOOD MEN MONTHLY MEETING DATE: SUNDAY, JUNE 27, TIME: 10:00 A.M. MEETING PLACE: THE HISTORIC OLD COLONY CLUB of PLYMOUTH, 25 COURT STREET, DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH, MA PARKING ON COURT STREET AND IN THE MUNICIPAL LOT AT REAR OF THE BUILDING- PARKING METERS ARE IN FORCE ON SUNDAYS IN PLYMOUTH, PLEASE USE COINS. DIRECTIONS: REFER TO YOUR GPS, MAP QUEST, OR OTHER MEANS OF TRAVEL DIRECTIONS. Special thanks to member Paul Curtis of Plymouth for hosting our June Membership Meeting. Paul will be making up a batch of his famous homemade New England CLAM CHOWDA for our members to share at the conclusion of the business meeting. Be sure to join us to share some of this culinary delight. After the meeting plan on visiting Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Rock, or other of Plymouth s historic sites * NEWS FLASH* -- MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT-- * NEWS FLASH* SENATE BILL NO JUST RELEASED FROM JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AS OUGHT TO PASS We are pleased to inform the membership that our bill to raise the limit for constable service in Massachusetts to $25,000. has just been released with an Ought to Pass recommendation. The President and Secretary have spent countless hours over the past six years with the help and support of the Officers, Directors and Membership to achieve this goal. However, all is not over and more needs to be done as the legislature will be recessing by mid- July. The Bill is now headed to the Senate Ethics and Rules Committee. We need each and every member to contact the various members of the Committee and their own State Senators and State Representatives requesting a quick release of the bill for voting. The contact information for the Senators serving on the Senate Ethics and Rules Committee is as follows: Sen. Frederick E. Berry, Chairman, Tel: , of Essex County; Frederick.Berry@state.ma.us Sen. Karen Spilka, Tel: , of Middlesex and Norfolk and Plymouth Counties; Karen.E.Spilka@state.ma.us Sen. Joan Menard, Tel: , of Bristol and Plymouth Counties;

2 Sen. Steven Tolman, Tel: , Suffolk and Middlesex Counties; Sen. Michael Knapik, Tel: , Hampden and Hampshire Counties; Sen. Bruce Tarr, Tel: , Essex and Middlesex Counties; PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CONTACT THE COMMITTEE AND YOUR OWN LEGISLATORS CONCERNING SENATE BILL YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO GET THIS BILL PASSED. Fraternally yours, Richard E. Ramponi, President CONGRATULATIONS TO NEWLY ACCEPTED MEMBERS AT MAY MEETING: William R. Martin of Townsend, Regular for Townsend; James W. Racicot of Worcester, Regular for Worcester; Gregory S. Kamon of Rochester, Regular for Carver. New members were congratulated and presented a membership pin, writing pen, and constable parking sign.. PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS TO BE VOTED UPON AT THE JUNE MEETING: CATELLO E. BATTINELLI, II, 21 Ames St., Somerville Regular/Somerville. JOSEPH G. FIGLER, 276 Cypress St. #2, Brookline 02445, Regular/Somerville. RICHARD FISKE,Jr. 122 Glen Echo Shore Rd. Charlton 01507, Reg./Charlton, RAMON T. SILVA, 102 Dawes St.,Lawrence 01841, Regular for Lawrence. SCOTT E. THOMPSON, 692 Old Barnstable Road, Mashpee, MA 02649, Regular for Mashpee. This will bring the total to 14 New Members accepted since January, 1 st of this year. MBCA continues to grow at a steady rate with a solid base of members from throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We will be concentrating efforts to recruit members from Western Massachusetts communities in the near future. SICK BAY: Director, Ray Cote is preparing for double knee replacement, and Ray Spinazola continues to improve after his fall. Cards may be sent to Ray Cote s home at: 145 Winthrop Ave., Lowell 0l867. Ray Spinazola is expected to return home soon. Hs address is: 12 Harrison Ave., Woburn Director Marcia Weisman s Mother recently passed away, she was a wonderful person and will be sorely missed. Condolences may be sent to

3 Marcia at Constable Marcia Sue Weisman, P.O. Box 35155, Brighton, MA EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION: (Taken from some of the questions we have received) When serving Summary Process Summons and Complaints, never serve the original since it must be returned to court with your Return of Service. Make three copies of the original, keep the original in the envelope received from Attorney or Plaintiff. You can identify the original because it has the Court s seal impressed on it. Serve a copy with your attestation (i.e. a true copy, attest, and sign your name below it), and if it was left at Last and Usual place of abode, be sure to forthwith mail a copy to the tenant first class postage paid. You can charge the Attorney or Plaintiff for the postage. You should make your Return of Service on the back of the Summary Process Summons and Complaint. Most of your Returns of Service are similar. Returns should contain the names of documents, the name and address of Defendant/Debtor, the date it was served, to whom it was served, where it was served, the time, and if served in hand and if left at the Last and Usual place of abode, that you forthwith mailed a copy first class postage paid to said address of Defendant/Debtor: PROOF OF SERVICE I, (your name) hereby certify and return that on (date served) I served the within (names of documents) to the within named (name of person you are to serve) at (address, street, city/town/zip code) by delivering copies of the same in hand, or by leaving said documents at his/her last and usual place of abode. Copies of the same were mailed to the defendant/debtor first class postage paid on (date). CORRECTION: In last months Newsletter it was stated that Paternity documents must be served in hand. That has been changed and they can be left at the Last and Usual place of abode as well. CONSTABLE REQUESTING BOP INFORMATION FROM POLICE DEPTS. Member Alan Jeskey a police department dispatcher (Thank You Alan) has sent us the Massachusetts Criminal History System Board (CHSB) latest policy concerning BOP requests also known as CORI records requests by Massachusetts constables executing a valid arrest warrant. Please note that it is left up to the individual police department as to whether or not it will honor the CORI request. We feel that all Massachusetts police departments should honor such requests to protect the personal safety of the constable charged with executing a valid arrest warrant. The complete text of the CHSB policy is as follows: Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB) Policy on Constable Access to Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)

4 The CHSB has implemented the following policy with regard to Constable access to CORI: Local police departments may conduct Criminal Justice Information System (CNS) Board of Probation (BOP) inquiries for duly licensed Constables solely for the purpose of Constable safety. BOP inquiries for a Constable can only be performed by a police department when all of the following conditions are met: The Constable is serving a warrant within the jurisdiction of the police department performing the BOP inquiry; The Constable must present the original warrant at the time of inquiry; and The Constable must show proper credentials identifying himself, herself as a bonded Constable. If all of the above conditions are met, the police department may conduct a BOP inquiry on the subject of the warrant only. If a police department chooses to conduct a BOP inquiry for a Constable, the following additional constraints apply: The Constable may not retain the hard-copy printout of the subject's BOP record; The police department shall not photocopy or otherwise reproduce the subject's BOP record; and The police department will record the dissemination of the BOP information in its Secondary Dissemination Log. Any questions concerning this policy should be directed to the CHSB's Office of the General Counsel at We hope the foregoing information will be helpful to you if called upon to execute a valid arrest warrant in the course of your duties. We will discuss the foregoing and our legislative efforts at the June meeting. We look forward to seeing you on June 27 th. Sincerely, SALLY M. HOYT, SECRETARY/TREASURER

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