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2612
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Ch. 640
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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as a member of the duly constituted police force of the
political subdivision in which the metro transit police
member is engaged in the performance of his duties.
However, a member of the metro transit police is
authorized to carry and use only such weapons, including
handguns, as are issued by the Authority, and only in the
performance of his duties or while on the [Authority's]
transit facilities OWNED, CONTROLLED, OR OPERATED BY THE
AUTHORITY in direct transit to and from a duty
assignment. A member of the metro transit police is
authorized to carry such weapons only while in direct
transit to and from a duty assignment and is subject to
such additional limitations in the use of weapons as are
imposed on the duly constituted police force for the
political subdivision in which he is engaged in the
performance of his duties.
(c) Members of the metro transit police shall have
power to execute on the transit facilities OWNED,
CONTROLLED, OR OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY any traffic
citation or any criminal process issued by any court of
any signatory or of any political subdivision of a
signatory, for any felony, misdemeanor or OTHER offense
[of] AGAINST laws, ordinances, RULES, or regulations of
the Authority, or of the signatory or its political
subdivision as specified in subsection (a). However,
with respect to offenses committed upon, to, or against
the transit facilities owned, controlled or operated by
the Authority, the metro transit police shall have power,
except in Maryland, to execute criminal process within
the transit zone.
(f) With respect to members of the metro transit
police, the Authority shall
(1) Establish classifications based on the
nature and scope of duties, and fix and provide for their
[qualification] QUALIFICATIONS, appointment, removal,
tenure, term, compensation, pension and retirement
benefits;
(2) Provide for their training and, for this
purpose, the Authority may enter into contracts or
agreements with any public or private organization
engaged in police training, and this training and the
qualifications of the uniformed and plainclothes
personnel shall at least equal the requirements of each
signatory and of the political subdivisions [thereof]
THEREIN in the transit zone for their personnel
performing comparable duties; and
(3) Prescribe distinctive uniforms to be worn.
(g) The Authority shall have the power to enter
into [plans, arrangements or] agreements with the
signatories, the political [subdivision] SUBDIVISIONS
thereof IN THE TRANSIT ZONE and [other] public safety
agencies LOCATED THEREIN, including those of the federal
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