PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 3

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (b) of this section is 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 and to delete surplus language.

9-222.

(a)     In this Part IV of this subtitle "police officer" means:

(1)     any uniformed police officer; or

(2)     any civilian employee of the DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police
or of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force assigned to enforce this Part
IV of this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under this Part IV of this subtitle, but
only while acting under written authorization of the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of
the [Maryland] State Police.

(b)     (2) A civilian employee of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police
Force shall have the authority stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection only if the
individual is:

(i) acting under the immediate direction and control of a uniformed
police officer; and

(ii) certified by the DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police to
enforce this Part IV of this subtitle and any rule or regulation adopted under it.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsections (a) and (b)(2) 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.

Article - Transportation

4-208.

(c)     (1) In consultation with the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the
[Maryland] State Police and the Maryland Police Training Commission, the Secretary
OF TRANSPORTATION shall adopt standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of
character, training, education, human and public relations, and experience for Maryland
Transportation Authority police officers, including standards for the performance of their
duties.

(2) To the extent practicable, the Secretary OF TRANSPORTATION shall
adopt standards that are similar to the standards adopted for the DEPARTMENT of
[Maryland] State Police.

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