| 26 | | - | FOR the purpose of adding positive community feedback to the list of records that are not 3 |
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| 27 | | - | considered personnel records for certain purposes; requiring the Maryland Police 4 |
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| 28 | | - | Training and Standards Commission to develop a process for citizens to submit 5 |
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| 29 | | - | certain feedback; requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt the uniform citizen 6 |
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| 30 | | - | positive community feedback process; requiring a law enforcement agency to 7 |
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| 31 | | - | maintain a certain record that is subject to public inspection; and generally relating 8 |
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| 32 | | - | to law enforcement agencies. 9 |
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| 20 | + | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to 3 |
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| 21 | + | develop a process for citizens to submit certain feedback; requiring each law 4 |
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| 22 | + | enforcement agency to adopt the uniform citizen positive community feedback 5 |
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| 23 | + | process; requiring a law enforcement agency to maintain a certain record that is 6 |
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| 24 | + | subject to public inspection; and generally relating to law enforcement agencies. 7 |
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| 34 | | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10 |
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| 35 | | - | Article – General Provisions 11 |
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| 36 | | - | Section 4–311(c) and 4–351(a) 12 |
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| 37 | | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 38 | | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14 |
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| 26 | + | BY adding to 8 |
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| 27 | + | Article – Public Safety 9 |
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| 28 | + | Section 3–207(k) and 3–519.1 10 |
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| 29 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | + | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 |
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| 69 | | - | (2) A record of a technical infraction is a personnel record for the purposes 12 |
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| 70 | | - | of this section. 13 |
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| 71 | | - | |
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| 72 | | - | 4–351. 14 |
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| 73 | | - | |
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| 74 | | - | (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a custodian may deny 15 |
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| 75 | | - | inspection of: 16 |
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| 76 | | - | |
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| 77 | | - | (1) records of investigations conducted by the Attorney General, a State’s 17 |
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| 78 | | - | Attorney, a municipal or county attorney, a police department, or a sheriff; 18 |
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| 79 | | - | |
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| 80 | | - | (2) an investigatory file compiled for any other law enforcement, judicial, 19 |
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| 81 | | - | correctional, or prosecution purpose; 20 |
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| 82 | | - | |
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| 83 | | - | (3) records that contain intelligence information or security procedures of 21 |
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| 84 | | - | the Attorney General, a State’s Attorney, a municipal or county attorney, a police 22 |
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| 85 | | - | department, a State or local correctional facility, or a sheriff; or 23 |
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| 86 | | - | |
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| 87 | | - | (4) records, other than a record of a technical infraction, relating to an 24 |
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| 88 | | - | administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a police officer, including an 25 |
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| 89 | | - | internal affairs investigatory record, a hearing record, A RECORD OF POSITIVE 26 |
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| 90 | | - | COMMUNITY FEEDBACK , and records relating to a disciplinary decision. 27 |
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| 91 | | - | |
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| 92 | | - | Article – Public Safety 28 |
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| 93 | | - | |
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| 94 | | - | 3–207. 29 |
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| 95 | | - | SENATE BILL 581 3 |
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| 96 | | - | |
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| 97 | | - | |
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| 98 | | - | (K) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL DEV ELOP A UNIFORM CITIZ EN POSITIVE 1 |
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| 99 | | - | COMMUNITY FEEDBACK P ROCESS TO BE FOLLOWE D BY EACH LAW ENFORC EMENT 2 |
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| 100 | | - | AGENCY. 3 |
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| 101 | | - | |
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| 102 | | - | (2) THE UNIFORM CITIZEN P OSITIVE COMMUNITY FE EDBACK 4 |
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| 103 | | - | PROCESS SHALL : 5 |
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| 104 | | - | |
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| 105 | | - | (I) BE SIMPLE; AND 6 |
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| 106 | | - | |
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| 107 | | - | (II) BE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE OF THE COMMISSION AND 7 |
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| 108 | | - | EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 8 |
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| 109 | | - | |
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| 110 | | - | 3–519.1. 9 |
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| 111 | | - | |
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| 112 | | - | (A) EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL ADOPT T HE UNIFORM 10 |
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| 113 | | - | CITIZEN POSITIVE COM MUNITY FEEDBACK PROC ESS DEVELOPED BY THE 11 |
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| 114 | | - | MARYLAND POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION UNDER § 3–207 OF 12 |
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| 115 | | - | THIS TITLE. 13 |
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| 116 | | - | |
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| 117 | | - | (B) A LAW ENFORCEM ENT AGENCY SHALL : 14 |
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| 118 | | - | |
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| 119 | | - | (1) POST THE AGENCY ’S CITIZEN COMPLAINT POSITIVE COMMUNITY 15 |
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| 120 | | - | FEEDBACK PROCESS ON THE AGENC Y’S WEBSITE IF THE AGE NCY MAINTAINS A 16 |
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| 121 | | - | WEBSITE; AND 17 |
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| 122 | | - | |
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| 123 | | - | (2) MAINTAIN A RECORD OF POSITIVE COMMUNITY F EEDBACK FOR 18 |
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| 124 | | - | ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN THE AGENCY. 19 |
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| 125 | | - | |
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| 126 | | - | (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, RECORDS 20 |
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| 127 | | - | MAINTAINED UNDER SUB SECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION ARE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC 21 |
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| 128 | | - | INSPECTION IN ACCORD ANCE WITH THE MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 22 |
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| 129 | | - | |
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| 130 | | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That thi s Act shall take effect 23 |
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| 131 | | - | October 1, 2022. 24 |
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| 132 | | - | |
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| 72 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16 |
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| 73 | + | October 1, 2022. 17 |
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