If, in an emergency, special police officers are appointed, under the name of police officers or any other name, to act as police officers for quelling a riot or disturbance or for protecting property, no non-resident of the commonwealth shall be so appointed unless he is a regular employee of the person whose property he is so appointed to protect.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 176
Non-resident as special police officer
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