POLICE & CORRECTIONAL
TRAINING COMMISSIONS

John A. Schuyler, Executive Director

3085 Hernwood Rd.
Woodstock, MD 21163 442-2700

POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION
Chairperson: Col. Elmer H. Tippett,
Superintendent, Maryland State Police

Appointed by Secretary of Public Safety <0- Correctional
Services with Governor's approval and Senate advice &
consent: Richard J. Ashton, 1991; Russell E.
Wrocen, 1992; Cornelius J. Behan, 1993.

Ex officio: ]. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General;
Donald N. Langenberg, Chancellor, University of
Maryland System; vacancy, Deputy Secretary of
Public Safety & Correctional Services; Edward M.
Ranier, President, Maryland Law Enforcement
Officers, Inc.; Michael C. Zotos, President,
Maryland Chiefs of Police Association; Joseph V.
Corless, Special Agent in Charge, Baltimore Office,
Federal Bureau of Investigation; Walter E. Chase,
Sr., President, Eastern Shore Police Association;
vacancy, President, Maryland Stare Sheriffs'
Association; Edward V. Woods, Commissioner,
Baltimore City Police Dept.; Charles L. Simpson,
Jr., Fraternal Order of Police.

3085 Hernwood Rd.
Woodstock, MD 21163 442-2700

The Police Training Commission was created in
1966 to improve law enforcement by raising stand-
ards of training and education for police (Chapter
286, Acts of 1966). Subject to the authority of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Ser-
vices, the Commission prescribes standards for and
certifies schools that offer police and security train-
ing. It may revoke a school's certification for cause.
The Commission sets minimum qualifications for
instructors and certifies qualified instructors for
approved training schools. It verifies which officers
have satisfactorily completed training programs and
issues diplomas. The Commission also operates ap-
proved police training schools (Code 1957, Art. 41,
sec. 4-201).
The Commission certifies persons as police of-
ficers who have met all standards of the Commis-
sion. Under certain conditions, it also can suspend
or revoke certification. Persons not satisfactorily
trained in the twelve-month probationary period
may not be employed as police officers. Nor may a
police officer serve after certification has been
revoked, suspended, or allowed to lapse.
The Commission studies entrance-level and in-
service training methods and procedures, and con-
sults and cooperates with recognized federal, State

or municipal law enforcement agencies, educational
institutions, and other State departments and agen-
cies concerned with police training. The administra-
tive staff of the Commission also works with the
Correctional Training Commission.
The Police Training Commission consists of
fourteen members. Eleven serve ex officio and may
be represented by alternates. The Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the
approval of the Governor and Senate advice and
consent, appoints the remaining three members for
three-year terms. Each appointed member must be
a police official from a different geographical area of
the State. With the approval of the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Com-
mission appoints the Executive Director (Code
1957, Art. 41, sec. 4-201).

CORRECTIONAL TRAINING COMMISSION
Chairperson: Vacancy, Deputy Secretary of Public
Safety & Correctional Services

Appointed by Secretary of Public Safety dr Correctional
Services with Governor's approval and Senate advice &
consent: Lamonte E. Cooke, 1991; Samuel F.
Saxton, 1992; Michael E. Butler, 1993.

Appointed by Maryland Higher Education
Commission: Dr. Calvin W. Burnett

Ex officio: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General;
Richard A. Lanham, Sr., Commissioner of
Correction; Henry L. Templeton, Director of
Parole & Probation; Warden Dale Zepp, Maryland
Correctional Administrators Association; Paul S.
Hastmann, President, Maryland Criminal Justice
Association; vacancy, President, Maryland State
Sheriffs' Association; David Helman, Federal
Bureau of Prisons.

3085 Hernwood Rd.
Woodstock, MD 21163 442-2700

In 1971, the Correctional Training Commission
was established to improve the administration of
the correctional system by raising standards of
training and education for those in the field of
corrections, parole, and probation (Chapter 213,
Acts of 1971). Subject to the authority of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Ser-
vices, the Commission prescribes standards for and
certifies all schools that offer correction, parole, or
probation training courses. It may revoke a school's
certification for cause.
The Commission outlines minimum qualifications
for instructors and certifies qualified instructors for
approved training schools. Correctional officers who
have satisfactorily completed training programs are
certified by the Commission which also operates ap-
proved correctional training schools.