WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 435
3. Police department, bureau, or force of
a county;
4. Police department, bureau, or force of
an incorporated city or town;
5. State Aviation Administration Police
Force, the Mass Transit Administration Police Force, the Maryland
Port Administration Police Force of the Department. of
Transportation, or the Toll Facilities Police Force of the
Maryland Transportation Authority;
6. Police Force of the University of
Maryland or Morgan State University;
7. Police force for a State university or
college under the direction and control of the Board of Trustees
of State Universities and Colleges;
8. Sheriff's department of any county or
Baltimore City;
9. Natural Resources Police Force or the
Forest and Park Service Police Force of the Department of Natural
Resources;
10. Security Force of the Department of
General Services; or State, county or municipality security force
if the special police officers are appointed under the provisions
of § 4-901 of this article.
(ii) Police officer does not mean a person
serving as such solely by virtue of his occupying any other
office or position, nor does the term include a sheriff,
superintendent of state police, commissioner of police, deputy or
assistant commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or
assistant chief of police, or any person having an equivalent
title who is appointed or employed by a government to exercise
equivalent supervisory authority. THE TERM ALSO DOES NOT MEAN
ANY MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD WHO IS UNDER THE
CONTROL AND JURISDICTION OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT, AND WHO IS
CHARGED WITH EXERCISING POLICE POWERS IN AND FOR THE MILITARY
PROPERTY, DESIGNATED AS THE GLENN L. MARTIN STATE AIRPORT, TO
WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED. However, any person who is
exempt under this provision may be certified as a police officer
if that person meets the selection and training standards of the
Commission.
(iii) "Police officer" includes a member of the
Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement Unit.
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