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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-315" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Law Enforcement Coordinating Council within the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Council is to prevent and reduce crime by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>coordinating and focusing State resources; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ensuring interagency communications and intelligence–sharing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Council consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, or the Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in each county, or the chief’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in the City of Annapolis, or the chief’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in Ocean City, or the chief’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>the chief of the Maryland Transit Administration Police, or the chief’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>the chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, or the chief’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>the chief of the WMATA Metro Transit Police, or the chief’s designee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall serve as the chair of the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department shall provide staff for the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member of the Council:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Council; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Council shall prepare and revise, as necessary, a comprehensive crime plan for the State or for each region of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The plan under paragraph (1) of this subsection may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>identify State resources and assets that State agencies are using to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>support law enforcement activities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>provide support services for communities with the greatest concentration of crime;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>establish law enforcement regions in the State based on public safety commonalities and priorities across jurisdictions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>specify strategies to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>share intelligence between law enforcement agencies;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>develop patrol agreements across jurisdictions; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>provide mutual aid to law enforcement agencies across jurisdictions;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>establish targeted initiatives, including initiatives relating to warrants, early crime alert and risk assessment tools, and data–sharing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>identify regions for the establishment of regional law enforcement councils under § 2–316 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>identify areas where law enforcement agencies can collaborate to provide support and human services to individuals most likely to be victims or perpetrators of crime.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Council shall meet at least twice each year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall attend at least one meeting of the Council each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Council may invite other chiefs of law enforcement entities to participate in the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Council shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly concerning its activities and recommendations.</text>
  </level>
</section>
