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1446 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 353
64.
Each person appointed under this subtitle as a
special policeman [shall be] IS charged with the
protection and preservation of peace and good order on
the property described in the application for the
commission. He [shall have] HAS the power to arrest
persons who trespass or commit offenses thereon. He
[shall have,] HAS, and may exercise, the powers of a
police officer upon the property described in the
application for the commission and may exercise these
powers in any county or city of the State [of Maryland]
in connection with the care, custody, and protection of
other property of the requesting authority or other
property, real or personal, for which it has assumed an
obligation to maintain or protect. In order to
facilitate the orderly ingress and egress of traffic to
and from the property described in the application, he
[shall have] HAS authority to direct and control traffic
on public highways and roads adjacent to and in the
immediate vicinity of the property described in the
application when this activity is approved in advance by
the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police[.];
HOWEVER, ONLY A SPECIAL POLICEMAN WITH A PROBATIONARY OR
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT AS A SECURITY OFFICER PURSUANT TO §
70A OF THIS ARTICLE MAY MAKE ARRESTS OR ISSUE TRAFFIC
CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 66-1/2 OF THIS CODE OR ANY OTHER STATE OR LOCAL
TRAFFIC LAWS OR REGULATIONS. He [shall be] IS responsible
for any abuse of his powers or the exercise of them on
property not within his jurisdiction. The requesting
authority for whose convenience and protection the
policeman has been appointed [shall] IS also [be]
responsible for any wrongful actions committed by him in
the course of his duties as well as any abuse of the
powers granted by the Commission either on or off the
premises.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.
Approved April 30, 1974.
CHAPTER 354
(Senate Bill 537)
AN ACT concerning
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