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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-308" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any information, records, or statistics collected under this subtitle shall be available for use by any agency or unit required to provide information to the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By rule, the Secretary may establish conditions for the use or availability of the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as necessary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to preserve the information;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to protect any confidential information; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>because of a pending prosecution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall periodically publish statistics on the incidence of crime in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least monthly shall publish statistics about the occurrence and cause of all motor vehicle accidents in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statistical report on the incidence of crime published under this subsection may not name or otherwise identify a particular known or suspected offender.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall distribute the reports required by this subsection to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each agency or unit that contributed information contained in the reports;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the press; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other interested person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>By rule, the Secretary may establish conditions under which reports of specific motor vehicle accidents may be made available on request to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The fee for conducting a document search is $4.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall apply the money received from conducting document searches to the cost of providing this service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
