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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 72-2 Powers.">
  <section prefix="§" num="72-2" heading="Powers.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Directing traffic.">A Special Traffic Enforcement Officer has the same authority as a police officer to control and direct pedestrian and vehicular traffic under the Maryland Vehicle Law and under City laws that regulate motor vehicles.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Citations.">A Special Traffic Enforcement Officer has no power to issue citations for moving violations other than for a failure to obey lawful traffic direction and control devices.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="No arrest powers.">A Special Traffic Enforcement Officer has no power to make arrests.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §243(b), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-235</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-572</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-192</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
