PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 3

surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications which are owned by
them or possessed by or in the control of the agency, their employees or agents. All such
devices shall be registered within ten days from the date on which the devices came into
the possession or control of the agency, their employees or agents.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (a) of this section is amended to clarify that devices covered by this
section are actually registered with the Department of State Police. Before the
enactment of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994, the reference to the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services included the State Police since the
State Police were part of that department. Chapters 165 and 166, Acts of 1994,
however, made the State Police a separate department. Consequently, a
reference to the Department of State Police is substituted for the reference to
the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services so that devices will
continue to be registered with the Department of State Police.

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(a) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police or the
commander of the law enforcement agency of any political subdivision of this State may
designate one or more law enforcement officers as a hostage and barricade
communications specialist.

(g) For the purposes of this section, "supervising law enforcement officer" means
an officer:

(1)     Having a rank at least equivalent to a lieutenant of the DEPARTMENT
OF [Maryland] State Police or higher; or

(2)     In charge of one of the following:

(i) A State or county law enforcement agency;
(ii) A DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police barracks; or
(iii) A district or region within a county or Baltimore City.
DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsections (a) and (g) of this section are amended to reflect the
establishment of the Department of State Police as a principal department of
State government by Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994, to reflect the status of the
head of the Department as a Secretary of a principal department of State
government, and to delete surplus language.

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(a) (2) "Supervisory official" means:

(i) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY or Deputy [Superintendent]
SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police;

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