Defunct Massachusetts Police Agencies
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The following defunct Massachusetts police agencies were merged in 1992 to form the current Department of State Police and are no longer in existence. The merger caused some officers who were converting to the new State Police to undergo in-service training in order to be as trained as their MSP counterparts.
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[edit] Department of Public Safety - Division of State Police
This is the former statewide police department for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was founded in 1865; the M.D.C. Police, Registry of Motor Vehicles Police, and Capitol Police merged with this department to form the new Department of State Police in 1992 (Did not have to go through in-service training since the other agencies were merging with this one). Prior to being known as the Massachusetts State Police, the department was known as the Special District Police of Massachusetts from 1879 to 1919.
[edit] Registry of Motor Vehicles Police
The R.M.V. Police had the primary function of enforcing motor vehicle safety laws statewide, drivers license testing, accident investigation, enforcing laws & regulations on Registry property, and commercial vehicle inspection.
The Registry Police Statewide HQ was located at 100 Nashua St., Boston.
[edit] Massachusetts Capitol Police
The Capitol Police had the primary function of law enforcement on the grounds of the State Capitol building on Beacon Hill, in Boston, MA. The Capitol Police's station was inside the lobby of 1 Ashburton Place, which is adjacent to the State House. This station has since become MSP Barracks H-1.
[edit] Metropolitan District Commission Police
The Metropolitan District Commission's Police Department had the primary function of law enforcement in and around MDC (now state) controlled properties, roadways and all Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) facilities, Reservoirs and Watersheds. Additionally, the MDC Police had patrol jurisdiction on US Route 1 in Chelsea and Revere, Interstate 93 in Boston and Milton (Central Artery and the Southeast Expressway).
The following current Massachusetts State Police Barracks were MDC Police districts: MSP Barracks A4 - Medford (Middlesex Fells District); MSP Barracks A5 - Revere (Revere Beach); MSP Barracks H4 - Boston, next to Museum of Science (Lower Basin District); MSP Barracks H5 - Brighton on Soldier's Field Rd (Upper Basin District); MSP Barracks H6 - South Boston (Old Colony District); MSP H7 - Milton (Blue Hills District); MSP Barracks C7 - Belchertown (Quabbin District) .
Additionally, the following State Police Units are based out of former MDC Police facilities:
MSP Marine Unit (New Charles River Dam, Boston); MSP Canine Unit (Pond St., Stoneham).
The following former MDC police stations were closed in the first few years after the consolidation: Wachusetts District (Wachusetts and Sudbury Resevoirs and Watersheds); Nantasket Beach District (Nantasket Beach, Hull); Nahant Beach Substation (Nahant Beach); Mounted Unit Stables (Stoneham and Milton).
