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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-515" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each law enforcement agency shall post all of the official policies of the law enforcement agency, including public complaint procedures and collective bargaining agreements:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on the website of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on the agency’s own website, if the agency maintains a website.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A chief may prohibit the posting under this subsection of administrative or operational policies that if disclosed would jeopardize operations or create a risk to public or officer safety, including policies related to high–risk prisoner transport security measures, operational response to active shooters, or the use of confidential informants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each law enforcement agency shall post in a prominent public location an explanation of the procedures for filing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a complaint of police officer misconduct; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a request to obtain records relating to an administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a police officer under the Public Information Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
