Section 9A Employees of chief justice for administration and management; powers and duties
Section 9A. All court officers appointed at any time, including messengers appointed pursuant to section thirty-one of chapter two hundred and seventeen, whether appointed prior to or after January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three, to any department of the trial court shall be employees of the chief justice for administration and management who shall have the authority to appoint, dismiss, define the duties of, assign, transfer and discipline said court officers within the trial court departments as he deems necessary for the administration of justice and for public safety. Such court officers shall, when required, attend the sessions of the court, shall preserve order, provide security, and may serve warrants, mittimuses, precepts, and orders and processes of the court, and shall perform such other duties as chief administrative justices for administration and management may assign.
In the municipal court of the Roxbury district and in the municipal court of the Dorchester district one court officer shall be designated by the first justice of each said court with the approval of the chief justice for administration and management as chief court officer and one as assistant chief court officer. In the district court of Chelsea, in the municipal court of the Brighton district, in the municipal court of the West Roxbury district, in the East Boston district court and in the municipal court of the South Boston district one court officer shall be designated by the first justice of each said court as chief court officer, with the approval of the chief justice for administration and management. In the Boston juvenile court, one court officer shall be designated by the first justice of said court as chief court officer and two as assistant chief court officers with the approval of the chief justice for administration and management. In the municipal court of the city of Boston, the chief justice of the Boston municipal court department, with the approval of the chief justice for administration and management, shall designate one court officer as chief court officer and two as assistant chief court officers of said court for criminal business and one court officer as chief court officer and one as assistant chief court officer of said court for civil business. In the district court of Brockton one court officer shall be designated by the justice of said court as chief court officer. Such court officers shall, while on duty, wear uniforms approved by the chief justice for administration and management, which shall be furnished at the expense of the commonwealth.
Each court officer shall give bond for faithful performance of his duties in the sum of one thousand dollars payable to the General Fund, with sufficient sureties, approved by the chief justice for administration and management.