Questions from the POST Commission

 In the lead editorial of today's Globe:

Part of Gov Baker's campaign to root out bad cops, a commission was created to do such work. The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) has come up with a few questions for every officer to answer.

Of coarse the MSP are balking at the questions they say are to broad. Division heads will have to verify that all officers meet statuary requirements and are "of good moral character and fitness for employment" to be employed as a Law Enforcement Officer.

These are the eight questions officers whose last names begin with A through H will be asked for recertification. Those officers’ certifications will expire June 30.

1. Are you current on all tax payments? This includes federal and state taxes as well as property and estate taxes.
2. Have you ever received a license or permit to possess or carry a firearm?
3. Have you ever been a defendant in a civil suit in which it was alleged that you acted violently?
4. Have you ever been the subject of a restraining order or any other court order that restricted, or imposed consequences based on, your conduct?
5. Have you ever been subjected to disciplinary action, consisting of suspension?
6. In the last five years, have you ever sent or displayed a public communication on social media that you believe could be perceived as biased against anyone based on their actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, mental or physical disability, immigration status, or socioeconomic or professional level provided you were 18 years old at the time?
7. Do you currently belong, or have you ever belonged, to any organization that, at the time you belonged, unlawfully discriminated on the basis of actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, mental or physical disability, immigration status, age?
8. Thinking broadly, do you have any knowledge or information, in addition to that specifically addressed in the proceeding questions, which may be relevant, directly or indirectly, to your eligibility or fitness to be re-certified as a law enforcement officer?