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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-203" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission consists of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the President of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the President of the Maryland Sheriffs Association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Attorney General of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Secretary of State Police;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the agent in charge of the Baltimore office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>one member representing the Maryland State Lodge of Fraternal Order of Police;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>one member representing the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the Chair of the Maryland Municipal League Police Executive Association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the President of the Police Chiefs’ Association of Prince George’s County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a civilian representative from the Wor–Wic Program Advisory Committee – Criminal Justice; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>the following individuals, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>three police officers, representing different geographic areas of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one  civilian with expertise in community policing who does not have relationships to law enforcement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one  civilian with expertise in policing standards who does not have relationships to law enforcement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one  civilian with expertise in mental health  who does not have relationships to law enforcement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>three citizens of the State who represent different geographic areas of the State and do not have relationships to law enforcement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on October 1, 2016.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, an appointed member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except for the appointed members, a member of the Commission may serve personally at a Commission meeting or may designate a representative from the member’s unit, agency, or association who may act at any meeting to the same effect as if the member were personally present.</text>
  </level>
</section>
