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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-2 Website reports – Civil actions involving alleged police misconduct.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-2" heading="Website reports – Civil actions involving alleged police misconduct.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Reports required.">The Baltimore City Department of Law shall post on its website semi-annual reports regarding all civil actions filed in state or federal court against any agency, official, or employee involving allegations of police misconduct.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Information to be included.">The report posted on the Department of Law’s website shall include:<para num="(1)">the court in which the action was filed;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name of the attorney representing the plaintiff, if any;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the date the action was filed;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the nature of the plaintiff’s claims; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">if the matter has been resolved:<para num="(i)">the manner and date of the resolution; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">whether the resolution included a payment to the plaintiff by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and, if so, the amount of that payment.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Time and scope of report.">The semi-annual reports required under this section must be posted as follows:<para num="(i)">on or before July 31, covering the preceding five-year period through June 30 prior to the report date; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">on or before January 31, covering the preceding five-year period through December 31 prior to the report date.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-320</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
