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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 56-6 Community Interaction Recommendations Reports.">
  <section prefix="§" num="56-6" heading="Community Interaction Recommendations Reports.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In cooperation with the Baltimore City Police Department, the Advisory Commission shall develop annually a Community Interaction Recommendations Report.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Focus.">The Report shall focus on making recommendations to create consistent positive interactions between police officers and community residents.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents.">The report shall:<para num="(1)">recommend ways that police officers, by actively participating in neighborhood meetings and events, can bring police together with a wide array of City residents;</para>
      <para num="(2)">identify ways to help build long–term consistent interaction between police officers and youth in Baltimore’s schools, recreation centers, and other youth programs;</para>
      <para num="(3)">identify ways that police officers can interact directly with members of the reentry community in a positive manner;</para>
      <para num="(4)">recommend ways that emphasis can be placed on creating positive interactions with Baltimore’s African-American, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, domestic-violence victim, public housing, and immigrant and refugee communities;</para>
      <para num="(5)">recommend ways that emphasis can be placed on improving relationships between the Police Department and the small business community;</para>
      <para num="(6)">provide ideas for citizen-involved training of police officers;</para>
      <para num="(7)">list and evaluate partnerships between the Police Department and nonprofit organizations and other non-law-enforcement entities;</para>
      <para num="(8)">include recommendations for homeless and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community interactions;</para>
      <para num="(9)">include recommendations on how to recruit and retain City residents as police officers; and</para>
      <para num="(10)">identify ways to form and maintain lasting and coordinated relationships with colleges and universities located in Baltimore City, including Morgan State University and Coppin State University.</para>
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    <para num="(d)" heading="Annual submission.">On or before November 15 of each year, the Advisory Commission shall submit its Report for the ensuing calendar year to the City Council and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the members of the Baltimore City House and Senate Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-035</annotation>
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