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112 MARYLAND MANUAL Lieutenant Colonel William H. Weber, Executive Officer Major Wilbour H. Conroy, Adjutant Major Martin M. Puncke, Chief, Training-Personnel Division Captain Louis Bloom, Chief, Communications Division. Captain Thomas S. Smith, Chief, Investigation Division Captain James T. Knight, Chief, Quartermaster Division Lieutenant Hugh 1. Kavanagh, Jr„ Chief, Central Accident Records Division Frank G. Bruckman, M.D., Chief, Medical Division Richard W. Bruckman, Chief, Finance Division Headquarters, Pikesville 21208 Telephone: Hunter 6-3101 The Department of Maryland State Police, established by Chapter 303, Acts of 1936, is charged with the enforcement of the motor vehicle and criminal laws of the State. The Department is directed by the Superintendent, who is appointed by the Governor for a four- year term. The Department has State-wide jurisdiction except in incorporated municipalities which maintain a police force; within such municipalities its jurisdiction is limited to (1) when in pursuit of an offender or suspected offender; or (2) when in search of an offender or suspected offender wanted for a crime committed outside of the limits of the municipality, or when interviewing or seeking to inter- view a witness or supposed witness to such a crime; or (3) when requested to act by the chief executive officer of the municipality in question or its chief police officer; or (4) when ordered by the Gov- ernor, to act within the municipality in question; or (5) when en- forcing the motor vehicle laws of this State (Code 1957, Art. 88B, sees. 3, 4, 20, 23). Through its Investigation Division the Department maintains finger- print and photograph files; it cooperates with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in the exchange of information regarding crime and criminals (Code 1957, Art. 88B, sec. 19); it is charged with the licensing of private detectives (Code 1957, Art. 56, sees. 75-92) and the registration of firearms (Code 1957, Art. 27, sees. 441-448). In June 1962 the organization of the State Police was expanded to include an Intelligence Unit, the primary purpose of which is to collect, evaluate, file for ready reference, and disseminate intelligence on organized crime (Code 1957, 1965 Supp., Art. 88B, sec. 19). The Central Accident Records Bureau, established in 1953, receives motor vehicle accident reports from all police agencies. It tabulates and analyzes such reports and publishes monthly summaries in coop- eration with the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission (Code 1957, Art. 88B, sees. 42-48). The Department, through safety talks and the display of moving pictures by its members, promotes highway safety. The Department maintains radio and teletype communication between its own installa- tions and those of other law enforcement agencies within the State; it participates in a 17-State teletype network; and it provides radio communication service to the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs. It maintains a Police Academy for the training of its own personnel and these training facilities are available to other law enforcement agencies in the State. In 1963, the Maryland State Police took over the police functions in connection with the operation of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, the first toll road in Maryland. Legislation in 1965 gave the State Police responsibility for licensing qualified garages and other facilities to make inspections and correc- tions of equipment and mechanisms and to certify that used motor |
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