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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-517" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “local law enforcement agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a police department of a county or municipal corporation in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a sheriff’s office that provides a law enforcement function in a county or municipal corporation in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each local law enforcement agency shall adopt a community policing program in accordance with best practices developed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each local law enforcement agency shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>post a detailed description of the local law enforcement agency’s community policing program on the Internet in accordance with § 3–515 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>annually file a detailed description of the local law enforcement agency’s community policing program with the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in accordance with § 3–207 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
