HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 22-9

Article 4 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition and 1983 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 4 - Baltimore City

22-9.

Court Security Officers as provided in this subtitle are
hereby vested with the powers of peace officers within the TOTAL
confines of the [Baltimore City] CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. Court
House, ONE HUNDRED NORTH CALVERT STREET; ALSO, THE TOTAL CONFINES
OF THE COURT HOUSE EAST BUILDING, ONE ELEVEN NORTH CALVERT
STREET; and THE TOTAL CONFINES OF any building [or portion
thereof] utilized IN WHOLF WHOLE OR IN PART as an annex thereto;
and with powers to preserve security and protect from damage; and
with powers to maintain order and the free and unimpeded passage
therein and therefrom; and in furtherance thereof, to arrest any
person who defaces or damages said buildings, and any person who
by any act or conduct disturbs or interferes with the decorum and
tranquility of any courtroom, or any other part of said
buildings[, as to disrupt and endanger the administration of
justice, the integrity and dignity of the judicial processes, the
orderly progress of a trial, or the rights of litigants]. Such
powers shall extend outside the Court Houses and any annex
whenever such powers shall extend outside the Court [House]
HOUSES and any annex whenever such Court House Security Officer
may be in pursuit of any person who has committed any offense or
breach of peace within such buildings or has escaped from the
lawful custody of any Sheriff, jail guard, prison guard, or
police officer, and whenever a Court House Security Officer
accompanies any judge of the [Supreme Bench of] CIRCUIT COURT FOR
Baltimore City while the judge is performing any official duty or
is proceeding from the Court [House] HOUSES to, or returning to
the Court [House] HOUSES from, any place within the City of
Baltimore that a judicial duty is performed. Under no
circumstances may a Court Security Officer act as a chauffeur or
drive for a judge or perform any other duty not directly related
to the functions of the Court and of the judge.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.