HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  1267

Section 594B(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Education

[14-202.

(a)    There is a University of Baltimore police force.

(b)    (1) Members of the University of Baltimore
police force have all the powers granted to a peace and
police officer in this State.

(2) However a University of Baltimore police
officer may exercise these powers only on property that is
owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the
University of Baltimore. The police officer may not
exercise these powers on any other property unless:

(i) Engaged in fresh pursuit of a
suspected offender;

(ii) Necessary to facilitate the orderly
flow of traffic to and from property owned, leased, operated
by, or under the control of University of Baltimore; or

(iii) Ordered to do so by the Governor.

(c)    (1) In consultation with the Superintendent of
the Maryland State Police and the Maryland Police Training
Commission, the board of trustees shall adopt standards,
qualifications, and prerequisites of character, training,
education, human and public relations, and experience for
University of Baltimore police officers, including standards
for the performance of their duties.

(2)    To the extent practicable, the board shall
adopt standards that are similar to the standards adopted
for the Maryland State Police.

(3)    Standards adopted on or after July 1, 1978,
on minimum hiring qualifications of University of Baltimore
police officers may not affect the status of any individual
who was a qualified University of Baltimore police officer
on that date.

(d)    The board of trustees shall adopt rules and
regulations governing the operation and conduct of the
University of Baltimore police force and of University     of
Baltimore police officers.]