WORKGROUP ON GROWING ENGAGEMENT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT & THE CORRECTIONS WORKFORCE

Clyde Boatwright, Chair (chosen by Governor)

Appointed by Senate President: one vacancy

Appointed by House Speaker: R. Julian Ivey

President, Maryland Correctional Administrators Association: Violet Jackson; Christina Tyler; one vacancy.

Ex officio: Portia Y. Wu, Esq., Secretary of Labor; Col. Roland L. Butler, Jr., Secretary of State Police; Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Sanjay K. Rai, Ph.D., Secretary of Higher Education; Michael J. Sanderson, Executive Director, Maryland Association of Counties; Theresa M. Kuhns, Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Municipal League; Brad D. Phillips, Ed.D., Executive Director, Maryland Association of Community Colleges; Carl Schinner, President, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association; Joseph J. Gamble, President, Maryland Sheriffs’ Association; Clyde Boatwright, President, Maryland Fraternal Order of Police.

[photo, Public Safety Education & Training Center, 6852 4th St., Sykesville, Maryland] Staff: Wayne R. Silver

c/o Maryland Police Training & Standards Commission
Public Safety Education & Training Center, 6852 4th St., Sykesville, MD 21784
(410) 875-3605
e-mail: wayne.silver@maryland.gov

Public Safety Education & Training Center, 6852 4th St., Sykesville, Maryland, June 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Report to Governor & General Assembly due Jan. 1, 2025 (Chapters 708 & 709, Acts of 2024).

In June 2024, the Workgroup on Growing Engagement in the Law Enforcement and the Corrections Workforce was authorized by the General Assembly (Chapters 708 & 709, Acts of 2024).

The Workgroup is to identify and study the shortage of employees in law enforcement and corrections; determine ways to advertise and promote employment opportunities in these fields; and explore recruitment and retention strategies that have been successful in other states and countries. Recommendations will be made by the Workgroup on incentives or other methods to increase the number of employees in the law enforcement and corrections workforce.

Seventeen members constitute the Workgroup. The Senate President and House Speaker each appoint one member, and three members are appointed by the President of the Maryland Correctional Administrators Association. Eleven members serve e officio. The Chair is chosen by Governor.

Authorization for the Workgroup ends June 31, 2025.

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