260/Maryland Manual
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Towson 21204 Telephone: 321-3686
The Handgun Permit Review Board was creat-
ed by Chapter 13, Acts of 1972, as emergency
legislation dealing with the wearing, carrying, or
transporting of handguns, and became effective
on March 27, 1972. The Board is composed of
five members appointed from the general public
by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate for terms of three years. Members of
the Board are eligible for reappointment. Any
person whose application for a permit or renewal
of a permit has been rejected or whose permit has
been revoked or limited may request the Board to
review the decision of the Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police. The Board has the power
to either sustain, reverse, or modify the decision
of the Superintendent upon a review of the re-
cord, or conduct a hearing within thirty days af-
ter receipt of the request (Code 1957, Art. 27,
sec. 36E).
INMATE GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
Chairperson: Anthony W. Robinson, 1983
James L. Thomas, 1981; Col. William A. Harris,
1982; Eve L. Lundberg, 1983; Paulette Tudor
Wirsching, 1984.
Marvin N. Robbins, Executive Director
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Suite 206
Towson 21204 Telephone: 321-3872
Chapter 210 of the Acts of 1971 created an In-
mate Grievance Commission within the Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
The five members of the Commission are ap-
pointed by the Governor with the advice of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Ser-
vices for terms of four years. Of the five mem-
bers, not less than two can be lawyers qualified
to practice law in the State of Maryland and not
less than two can be persons of knowledge and
experience in one or more of the fields under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services.
The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, with the advice of the Commission and
with the approval of the Governor, appoints the
Executive Director who serves at the pleasure of
the Secretary.
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Any person confined to an institution within
the Division of Correction, or otherwise in the
custody of the Commissioner of Correction or
confined to the Patuxent Institution, who has any
grievance or complaint against any official or em-
ployee of the Division of Correction or Patuxent
Institution may submit such grievance or com-
plaint to the Inmate Grievance Commission for
adjudication (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 204F).
DIVISION OF PAROLE AND
PROBATION
Arnold J. Hopkins, Director
Donald Atkinson, Executive Assistant Director
Paul E. Simmen, Assistant Director, Bureau of
Field Operations
William J. DeVance, Assistant Director, Bureau of
Policy and Program Development
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Suite 702
Towson 21204 Telephone: 321-3666
321-3667
321-3668
The Division of Parole and Probation was orig-
inally created by Chapter 406, Acts of 1939, to
administer the parole and probation laws of the
State of Maryland. By Chapter 653, Acts of 1953,
the Division changed its name to the Department
of Parole and Probation. The Division was fur-
ther reorganized by Chapter 457, Acts of 1968,
with the creation of a Division of Parole and Pro-
bation separate and apart from the Board of Pa-
role. Heretofore, the Director of the Division of
Parole and Probation was also the chairperson of
the Board of Parole. The Division adopted its
present name by Chapter 401, Acts of 1970. The
Division administers the parole and probation
laws of the State and became an agency of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services on July 1, 1970.
The head of the Division of Parole and Proba-
tion is the Director of Parole and Probation. He
is appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, with the approval of the
Governor and the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, arid serves an indefinite term at the pleasure
of the Secretary.
The Division supervises the conduct of parolees
and regularly informs the Parole Commission of
their activities. The Division recommends, at its
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