Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (c) of this section is amended to reflect the establishment of the
Department of State Police as a principal department of State government by
Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994 and to delete surplus language.

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(a)     As used in this section:

(8) (i) "Police officer" means a person who has the authority to enforce
the general criminal laws of this State and is a member of any of the following law
enforcement units:

1. DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police;

(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] SECRETARY of the 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.

(b)     There is hereby established in the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, a Police Training Commission whose membership shall consist of
the following persons:

(1) The President of the Maryland Chief of Police Association; the
President of the Maryland Sheriffs Association; the President of the Maryland Law
Enforcement Officers, Inc.; the Attorney General of the State of Maryland; the
[Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police; the Commissioner,
Baltimore City Police Department; the President of the University of Maryland; the agent
in charge of the Baltimore office of the F.B.I.; the President of the Eastern Shore Police
Association; a representative of the Maryland State Lodge of Fraternal Order of Police;
the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and three police officials
of the State to be appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services,
with the approval of the Governor, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to
represent the State geographically, the appointments to be made for a three-year term
provided that, for the first term, one official shall be appointed for a term of one year,
one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsections (a)(8)(i)1 and (ii) and (b)(1) of this section are amended to
reflect the establishment of the Department of State Police as a principal

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