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<section number="18-193" name="Police academy required program regarding community services and social justice" law="code" slug="sec-18-193" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_18PO_DIV10COINPOTR_S18-193POACREPRRECOSESOJU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Prior to the commencement of field training, a member of the police academy must complete a program regarding community services and social justice.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The program must consist of 30 hours or their equivalent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The program must be designed, in collaboration and partnership with one or more local educational institutions and a Prince George's County based non-profit organization with a minimum of four (4) years of experience working on police reform and criminal justice issues, to develop competency in the topics of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>racial equity and social justice;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>health and wellness;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>community policing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>policing history;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>active listening and conflict resolution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>civic engagement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In selecting an applicant for admission into the police academy, the Department must consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant's performance in the program under this subsection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the applicant's performance in any implicit bias test required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
