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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1110" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the public and the Sheriff’s Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the Sheriff may reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a Sheriff’s Office violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the Sheriff may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under this section is entitled to a prompt hearing before the Assistant Sheriff or the Assistant Sheriff’s designee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
