# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 11. Victims and Witnesses

### Subtitle 8. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

#### Section 11-807

(a) In this section, "law enforcement unit" means:

  (1) the Department of State Police;

  (2) the Police Department of Baltimore City;

  (3) the police department, bureau, or force of a county;

  (4) the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation;

  (5) the office of the sheriff of a county;

  (6) the office of the State's Attorney for a county;

  (7) the Office of the Attorney General; or

  (8) the Office of the State Prosecutor.

(b) When a report of a crime is filed with a law enforcement unit, the law enforcement unit shall give to a victim of that crime written information that the Board supplies about compensation for victims.

(c) A failure to comply with this section is not grounds for any civil or criminal action against a law enforcement unit.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)