Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 3-517 - Community policing policy(a) In this section, "local law enforcement agency" means: (1) a police department of a county or municipal corporation in the State; or(2) a sheriff's office that provides a law enforcement function in a county or municipal corporation in the State.(b) Each local law enforcement agency shall adopt a community policing program in accordance with best practices developed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.(c) Each local law enforcement agency shall:(1) post a detailed description of the local law enforcement agency's community policing program on the Internet in accordance with § 3-515 of this subtitle; and(2) annually file a detailed description of the local law enforcement agency's community policing program with the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in accordance with § 3-207 of this title.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 519,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.