Ch. 425

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) Maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as
deems necessary; and

(ii) Upon request, provide information regarding the budget, activities,
and programs of the Commission.

The members of the Commission shall receive no salary but all members
shall be reimbursed in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations for their
expenses lawfully incurred in the performance of their official functions.

[(d)](C) Subject to the authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, the Commission is vested with the following authority,
responsibility and duty:

(1) To prescribe standards for the approval and continuation of approval of
entrance-level and in-service schools at which police training courses required by this
section shall be conducted, including but not limited to present existing State, regional,
county, and municipal police training schools;

(2) To approve and issue certificates of approval to such training schools, to
inspect such schools from time to time, and to revoke for cause any approval or certificate
issued to such school;

(3) To prescribe the curriculum, the minimum courses of study, attendance
requirements, eligibility to attend, equipment and facilities, and standards of operation
for such training schools, and to require that the curriculum and minimum courses of
study for entry police training and, at least every 3 years, for in-service level police
training conducted by the State and all county and municipal police training schools
include special training, attention to, and study of the application and the enforcement of
the criminal laws concerning rape and sexual offenses, including the sexual abuse of
children, related evidentiary procedures, and also the contact with and treatment of
victims of these crimes;

(4) To prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at such schools and
to certify, as qualified, instructors for approved training schools and to issue appropriate
certificates to such instructors;

(5) To verify that officers have satisfactorily completed training programs
and to issue diplomas to those officers;

(6) To certify persons as police officers who have:

(i) Satisfactorily met the Commission's standards; or

(ii) Provided the Commission with sufficient evidence that he or she
has satisfactorily completed a training program in another state of equal quality and
content as required by the Commission;

(7) To suspend or revoke the certification, provided for in paragraph (6) of
this subsection, if the police officer has violated or has failed to meet the Commission's
standards, including having knowingly failed to report suspected child abuse in violation
of § 5-704 of the Family Law Article;

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