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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="13-601" title_number="13" title_name="University of Maryland -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Police Force">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a University of Maryland Police Force.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A University of Maryland police officer is and has all the powers of a peace and police officer in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>However, a University of Maryland police officer may exercise these powers only on property that is owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the University of Maryland. The police officer may not exercise these powers on any other property unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Engaged in fresh pursuit of a suspected offender;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Requested or authorized to do so by the chief executive officer or chief police officer of any county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Necessary in order to facilitate the orderly flow of traffic to and from property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the University of Maryland; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Ordered to do so by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In consultation with the Secretary of State Police and the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, the Board of Regents shall adopt standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of character, training, education, human and public relations, and experience for University of Maryland police officers, including standards for the performance of their duties.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the Board shall adopt standards that are similar to the standards adopted for the Department of State Police.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Standards adopted on or after July 1, 1975, on minimum hiring qualifications of University of Maryland police officers may not affect the status of any individual who was a qualified University of Maryland police officer on that date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board of Regents shall adopt rules and regulations governing the operation and conduct of the University of Maryland Police Force and of University of Maryland police officers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board of Regents may authorize the presidents of the constituent institutions to make use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force.</text>
  </level>
</section>
