Chap. 504.   An Act providing that any person appointed as a
REGULAR POLICE OFFICER ON A PERMANENT BASIS IN ANY CITY OR IN CERTAIN TOWNS WHO DOES NOT COMPLETE A SIX WEEKS' COURSE AT A POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL SHALL BE  REMOVED  FROM  THE  POLICE  FORCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 96B, inserted by section 3 of chapter 564 of the acts of 1964, and inserting in place thereof the following section: —¦
Section 96B. Every person who receives an appointment as a regular police officer on a permanent full-time basis in any city or in any town having more than five thousand inhabitants shall, within six months of the date of his appointment, be assigned to and shall attend a police training school approved by the municipal police training council for a course of study lasting at least six weeks and shall satisfactorily complete such course. Any police officer attending such school shall be paid his wages as police officer. He shall also receive such reasonable expenses as may be determined by the appointing authority. Any police officer who through his own fault fails to complete his course of study satisfactorily shall be removed from the police force.
Approved August 8, 1967.