MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

3661

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City — Police Department

FOR the purpose of establishing the Complaint Evaluation
Board of Baltimore City as a permanent, statutory
agency through which complaints lodged by members of
the general public regarding alleged acts of
discourtesy and excessive force by personnel of the
Police Department of Baltimore City are processed
and evaluated; providing for the membership,
meetings, functions and duties of the Board; and
relating generally to the Complaint Evaluation Board
of Baltimore City[[; and providing for an emergency
effective date.]]

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 16—41 through 16—50, inclusive,
to be under the new subheading "Complaint
Evaluation Board"

Article 4 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1969 Edition, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 16—41 through 16-50, inclusive,
to be under the new subheading "Complaint Evaluation
Board" be and they are hereby added to the Public Local
Laws of Baltimore City being Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1969 Edition, as amended)
to read as follows:

Article 4

COMPLAINT EVALUATION BOARD

16-41. CREATED; MEMBERS; AND POWERS.

(A)    THE COMPLAINT EVALUATION BOARD (C.E.B.) OF
BALTIMORE CITY IS CREATED TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT,
STATUTORY AGENCY IN BALTIMORE CITY THROUGH WHICH
COMPLAINTS LODGED BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC
REGARDING ALLEGED ACTS OF DISCOURTESY AND EXCESSIVE FORCE
BY PERSONNEL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF BALTIMORE CITY
ARE TO BE PROCESSED AND EVALUATED.

(B)    THE BOARD IS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
OR THEIR DELEGATES:

(1) THE STATE'S ATTORNEY OF BALTIMORE CITY