(4)  " INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION" SHALL MEAN AN OFFICIAL
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
DEPARTMENT.

(5)  " INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION REPORT" ' SHALL MEAN THE
OFFICIAL FILE OF AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE INTERNAL
INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST A POLICE
OFFICER.

(3) (4) (6) "Members of the department" shall mean and include all
persons and personnel employed by the department, whether civilian employees or
police officers.

(4) (5) (7) "Police officers" shall mean all those members of the

department having and exercising the powers of police officers, as provided in this
subtitle, and shall specifically include the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, all
deputy police commissioners, and such other ranks or positions which the
Commissioner may determine require experience as a police officer as a prerequisite.

(5) (6) (8) "Civilian employees" shall mean all members of the
department other than police officers.

(6) (7) (9) "Examining Authority" shall mean the Civil Service
Commission of Baltimore.

[Complaint Evaluation] POLICE REVIEW Board

16-41.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B) "ABUSIVE LANGUAGE" MEANS RACIAL, ETHNIC, OR SEXIST SLURS.

(C) "HARASSMENT" MEANS REPEATED, UNWARRANTED VERBAL OR PHYSICAL
ANNOYANCES, THREATS, OR DEMANDS.

(D) (1) "EXCESSIVE FORCE" MEANS THE USE OF GREATER PHYSICAL FORCE
THAN REASONABLY NECESSARY TO REPEL AN ATTACKER OR TERMINATE
RESISTANCE.

(2) "EXCESSIVE FORCE" DOES NOT INCLUDE FORCE THAT IS
REASONABLY NECESSARY TO EFFECT A LAWFUL PURPOSE.

[16-41.] 16-42.

(a) The [Complaint Evaluation] POLICE REVIEW Board [(C.E.B.)] of
Baltimore City is created to provide a permanent, statutory agency in Baltimore City
through which complaints lodged by members of the general public regarding
[alleged acts of discourtesy and] ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, HARASSMENT, OR excessive
force by personnel of the [Police] Department [of Baltimore City] are to be processed
and evaluated AND DEPARTMENT POLICIES MAY BE REVIEWED.