PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 13

(ii) Law enforcement unit does not mean those members of the
Maryland National Guard who are under the control and jurisdiction of the Military
Department, and who are charged with exercising police powers in and for the military
property, designated as the Glenn L. Martin State Airport, to which they are assigned.

(8) (i) "Police officer" means a person who has the authority to enforce
the general criminal laws of this State and is a member of any of the following law
enforcement units:

1. Department of State Police;

2. Baltimore City Police Department;

3. Police department, bureau, or force of a county;

4. Police department, bureau, or force of an incorporated city
or town;

5. Mass Transit Administration Police Force, the Maryland
Port Administration Police Force of the Department of Transportation, or the Maryland
Transportation Authority Police Force;

6. Police Force of the University of Maryland or Morgan State
University;

7. Sheriff's department of any county or Baltimore City;

8. Natural Resources Police Force or the Forest and Park
Service Police Force of the Department of Natural Resources;

9. Security Force of the Department of General Services; or
State, county or municipality security force if the special police officers are appointed
under the provisions of § 4-901 of this article;

10. Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force;

11. Baltimore City School Police Force; or

12. Crofton Police Department.

(ii) Police officer does not mean a person serving as such solely by
virtue of his occupying any other office or position, nor does the term include a sheriff,
Superintendent of the State Police, commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or assistant chief of police, or any person
having an equivalent title who is appointed or employed by a government to exercise
equivalent supervisory authority. The term also does not mean any member of the
Maryland National Guard who is under the control and jurisdiction of the Military
Department, and who is charged with exercising police powers in and for the military
property, designated as the Glenn L. Martin State Airport, to which the individual is
assigned. However, any person who is exempt under this provision may be certified as a
police officer if that person meets the selection and training standards of the Commission.

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