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sary for the proper operations of said Bureau. The said police
office shall be under the direct supervision and control of
the County Chief of Police, and shall cooperate with the
police officers and Sheriff of the County and the police
officers of the City of Annapolis, in the investigation of
all criminal matters.

406C. The County Commissioners shall equip and arm
said Anne Arundel County Police Department. It shall
be the duty of the Board of Police Examiners of Anne
Arundel County to remove, dismiss, demote or discharge
any officer including the Chief of Police from the Police
Department for any offense against law or good
morals, for neglect of duty, inefficiency, physical or
mental disability, or breach of discipline, and it shall be
the duty of the Chief of Police to prefer charges in writing
before the Board of Police Examiners of Anne Arundel
County against any member of the Police Department for
any offense against law or good morals, for neglect of duty,
inefficiency, physical or mental disability or breach of
discipline. The Board of Police Examiners may punish-
any officer including the Chief of Police, by fine not
exceeding fifty dollars ($50. 00), or by suspension, not
exceeding one (1) month, or both fine and suspension;
or they may remove, discharge, demote or dismiss such
officer, including the Chief of Police, but only after written
charges filed by the Chief as aforesaid or by a member or
members of the Board of Police Examiners or by five (5)
taxpayers of Anne Arundel County, and a hearing upon
due notice to the officer so charged, at which hearing the
said officer shall have the opportunity to produce evidence
in his defense, and be represented by counsel, and the
decision of the Board of Police Examiners of Anne Arun-
del County upon such hearing shall be final and subject
to no appeal. The Board of Police Examiners shall cause,
to be kept in their office a minute book or books cover-
ing the Anne Arundel County Police Department in which
shall be recorded a list of all applications and date of ap-
pointment of all officers in the Department, together with
any charges which may be preferred against said officers,
together with the disposition thereof, and a record of all
fines, dismissals, condemnations, public reprimands and all
other proceedings concerning the Police Department.

Section 406CA. Upon any appeal to the Board of Police
Examiners from any decision of the Chief of Police or
County Commissioners, the Board shall hear the case de
novo, after due notice and opportunity to be heard; the