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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Administratively charged.">“Administratively charged” means that a police officer has been formally accused of police misconduct in an administrative proceeding.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Board.">“Board” means the Baltimore City Police Accountability Board established by this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Committee.">“Committee” means the Administrative Charging Committee established by §11-10 of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Director.">“Director” means the Director of the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights, or its successor office.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Disciplinary matrix.">“Disciplinary matrix” means a written, consistent, progressive, and transparent tool or rubric that provides ranges of disciplinary actions for different types of police misconduct.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Exonerated.">“Exonerated” means that a police officer acted in accordance with the law and agency policy.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Law enforcement agency.">“Law enforcement agency” means:<para num="(1)">the Baltimore City Police Department;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Baltimore City School Police;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Department;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the Baltimore City Environmental Police;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the police for of the Baltimore City Community College;</para>
      <para num="(6)">the police for of Morgan State University; or</para>
      <para num="(7)">the police department of Johns Hopkins University.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Not administratively charged.">“Not administratively charged” means that a determination has been made not to administratively charge a police officer in connection with alleged police misconduct.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Police misconduct.">“Police misconduct” means a pattern, a practice, or conduct by a police officer or law enforcement agency that includes:<para num="(1)">depriving persons of rights protected by the constitution or laws of the City, the State, or the United States;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a violation of a criminal statute; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">a violation of law enforcement agency standards and policies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Police officer.">“Police officer” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gps|3-101"&gt;State Public Safety Article, § 3-101(h) &lt;/cite&gt;{“Police Officer”}.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Unfounded.">“Unfounded” means that the allegations against a police officer are not supported by fact.</para>
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</baltimore-city-law>
