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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 151
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CHAPTER 151
(House Bill 13)
AN ACT concerning
Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights Agencies - Prohibition Against
Arrest and Citation Quotas
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a law enforcement agency from requiring that a law
enforcement officer meet establishing a quota for the agency or law enforcement
officers of the agency for making arrests or issuing citations; authorizing a law
enforcement agency to collect, analyze, and apply certain information to ensure
that a particular law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers
does not violate an applicable legal obligation prohibiting a law enforcement
agency from using the number of arrests made or citations issued by a law
enforcement officer as the sole or primary criterion for promotion, demotion,
dismissal, or transfer of the officer; providing for an exception under certain
circumstances; defining a certain term; and generally relating to law
enforcement agencies and quotas for making arrests or issuing citations.
BY adding to
Article - Public Safety
Section 3-101(f) 3-504
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Public Safety
Section 3-103
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Safety
3-101.
(F) "QUOTA" MEANS ANY REQUIREMENT, IN WRITING OR OTHERWISE,
REGARDING;
(1) THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE OR THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS
ISSUED WITHIN A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; OR
(2) THE PROPORTION OF THE ARRESTS MADE AND CITATIONS ISSUED
BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RELATIVE TO THE ARRESTS MADE AND
CITATIONS ISSUED BY ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR GROUP OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
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