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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-305" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Governor's Emergency Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, each law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad of the State, a county, or municipal corporation shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cooperate in any manner requested by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subject to subsection (b) of this section, allow the use of its equipment, facilities, and personnel if the use is required by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The use of equipment, facilities, and personnel under subsection (a)(2) of this section may not substantially interfere with the normal duties of a law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad located outside an area designated by the Governor as an emergency area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, the Department of State Police may take any action it considers necessary to assist local law enforcement agencies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any action that the Department of State Police takes under this subsection shall be reasonably calculated effectively to control and terminate the public emergency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A law enforcement agency of a county or municipal corporation shall notify the Secretary of State Police if the local law enforcement agency receives notice of a threatened or actual disturbance that indicates the possibility of serious domestic violence.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as provided in § 14-306 of this subtitle, each law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad of the State, a county, or municipal corporation within an emergency area shall operate under the direction of the person designated by order of the Governor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
