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SENATE BILL 581
P3 2lr2215
SB 178/21 – JPR
By: Senator Bailey
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2022
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety – Law Enforcement Agencies – Positive Community Feedback 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to 3
develop a process for citizens to submit certain feedback; requiring each law 4
enforcement agency to adopt the uniform citizen positive community feedback 5
process; requiring a law enforcement agency to maintain a certain record that is 6
subject to public inspection; and generally relating to law enforcement agencies. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Public Safety 9
Section 3–207(k) and 3–519.1 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Public Safety 15
3–207. 16
(K) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL DEVE LOP A UNIFORM CITIZEN POSITIVE 17
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK P ROCESS TO BE FOLLOWE D BY EACH LAW ENFORC EMENT 18
AGENCY. 19
(2) THE UNIFORM CITIZEN P OSITIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK 20
PROCESS SHALL : 21
(I) BE SIMPLE; AND 22
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(II) BE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE OF THE COMMISSION AND 1
EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 2
3–519.1. 3
(A) EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL ADOPT T HE UNIFORM 4
CITIZEN POSITIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PROCESS DEV ELOPED BY THE 5
MARYLAND POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION UNDER § 3–207 OF 6
THIS TITLE. 7
(B) A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN CY SHALL: 8
(1) POST THE AGENCY ’S CITIZEN COMPLAINT PROCESS ON THE 9
AGENCY’S WEBSITE IF THE AGE NCY MAINTAINS A WEBS ITE; AND 10
(2) MAINTAIN A RECORD OF POSITIVE COMMUNITY F EEDBACK FOR 11
ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN THE AGENCY. 12
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, RECORDS 13
MAINTAINED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION ARE SUBJECT TO PUBLI C 14
INSPECTION IN ACCORD ANCE WITH THE MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16
October 1, 2022. 17