An Act relative to police certification

HD 3311 amends Massachusetts police certification rules to explicitly deny certification or re-certification to applicants who would otherwise be ineligible due to past offenses, even if those offenses were later pardoned by a president or governor. This directly affects individuals seeking to become or remain police officers who have received such pardons. The key provision inserts a specific clause into existing law, stating that pardons do not override the disqualification for certification. The bill makes no exceptions for pardoned offenses in the police certification process. It focuses solely on the eligibility criteria for law enforcement certification.