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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 499
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(4) "Internal Investigative Division" shall mean an official internal
investigative unit under the organizational structure of the Department or other law
enforcement unit.
(5) "Internal Investigative Division Report" shall mean the official file of
an investigation conducted by the Internal Investigative Division as the result of a
complaint against a police officer.
(6) "Members of the department" shall mean and include all persons and
personnel employed by the department, whether civilian employees or police officers.
(7) "Police officers" shall mean all those members of the department
having and exercising the powers of police officers, as provided in this subtitle, and
shall specifically include the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, all deputy police
commissioners, and such other ranks or positions which the Commissioner may
determine require experience as a police officer as a prerequisite.
(8) "Civilian employees" shall mean all members of the department other
than police officers.
(9) "Examining authority" shall mean the Civil Service Commission of
Baltimore.
16-41.
(a) In this subheading the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) (1) "Abusive language" means harsh, violent, profane, or derogatory
language which would demean the dignity of an individual.
(2) "Abusive language" includes profanity and racial, ethnic, or sexist
slurs.
(c) (1) "Excessive force" means the use of greater physical force than
reasonably necessary to repel an attacker or terminate resistance.
(2) "Excessive force" does not include force that is reasonably necessary
to effect a lawful purpose.
(D) "FALSE ARREST" MEANS:
(1) THE ASSERTION OF AN AUTHORITY TO DETAIN A PERSON THAT IS;
(I) BASED ON INFORMATION THE PERSON ASSERTING AUTHORITY
EITHER KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW IS ERRONEOUS; OR
(II) WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY;
(2) THE UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT OF ANOTHER PERSON'S LIBERTY OR
FREEDOM OF LOCOMOTION WITHOUT THAT PERSON'S CONSENT; OR
(3) THE INSTIGATION OR PARTICIPATION BY A PERSON IN THE FALSE
ARREST OF ANOTHER PERSON. AN ARREST MADE WITHOUT LEGAL JUSTIFICATION.
(E) "FALSE IMPRISONMENT" MEANS:
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