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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-201" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Department” means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Law enforcement agency” means a governmental police force, sheriff’s office, or security force or law enforcement organization of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation that by statute, ordinance, or common law is authorized to enforce the general criminal laws of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Law enforcement agency” does not include members of the Maryland National Guard who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>are under the control and jurisdiction of the Military Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are assigned to the military property designated as the Martin State Airport; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>are charged with exercising police powers in and for the Martin State Airport.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Motorcycle profiling” means the arbitrary use of the fact that an individual rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle–related clothing or paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop, question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search the individual or vehicle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Police officer” means an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is authorized to enforce the general criminal laws of the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is a member of one of the following law enforcement agencies:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Department of State Police;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the Police Department of Baltimore City;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the police department, bureau, or force of a county;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>the Maryland Transit Administration police force;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>the Maryland Transportation Authority Police;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>the police forces of the University System of Maryland;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>the police force of Morgan State University;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>the office of the sheriff of a county;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>the police forces of the Department of Natural Resources;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="11">
          <text>the police force of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="12">
          <text>the police force of a State, county, or municipal corporation if the special police officers are appointed under Subtitle 3 of this title;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="13">
          <text>the Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="14">
          <text>the Baltimore City School Police Force;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="15">
          <text>the Crofton Police Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="16">
          <text>the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Police Force;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="17">
          <text>the Ocean Pines Police Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="18">
          <text>the police force of the Baltimore City Community College;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="19">
          <text>the police force of the Hagerstown Community College;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="20">
          <text>the Warrant Apprehension Unit of the Intelligence and Investigative Division in the Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="21">
          <text>the police force of the Anne Arundel Community College; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="22">
          <text>the police department of the Johns Hopkins University established in accordance with Title 24, Subtitle 12 of the Education Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Police officer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a member of the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller’s Office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a member of the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the State Fire Marshal or a deputy State fire marshal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an investigator of the Intelligence and Investigative Division of the Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a Montgomery County fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.1 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>an Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.2 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.3 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>a Worcester County fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.4 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>a City of Hagerstown fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.5 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>a Howard County fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2–208.6 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Police officer” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an individual who serves as a police officer only because the individual occupies another office or position;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a sheriff, the Secretary of State Police, a commissioner of police, a deputy or assistant commissioner of police, a chief of police, a deputy or assistant chief of police, or another individual with an equivalent title who is appointed or employed by a government to exercise equivalent supervisory authority; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a member of the Maryland National Guard who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is under the control and jurisdiction of the Military Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is assigned to the military property designated as the Martin State Airport; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is charged with exercising police powers in and for the Martin State Airport.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“SWAT team” means an agency–designated unit of law enforcement officers who are selected, trained, and equipped to work as a coordinated team to resolve critical incidents that are so hazardous, complex, or unusual that they may exceed the capabilities of first responders or investigative units.</text>
  </level>
</section>
