# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 2. Department of State Police

### Subtitle 6. Local Division

#### Section 2-604

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if eight or more police employees are assigned to a county or municipal corporation in accordance with an agreement entered into under Sec. 2-602 of this subtitle:

  (1) the county or municipal corporation shall give the Department at least 5 years' notice whenever the county or municipal corporation decides to terminate the services of police employees provided under the agreement; and

  (2) the number of police employees assigned to the county or municipal corporation in accordance with the agreement shall be phased out over 5 years.

(b) The Department and county or municipal corporation may modify the manner in which the services of police employees are terminated in an agreement entered into under Sec. 2-602 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)