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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-528" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Police officer” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before March 1, 2022, and each March 1 thereafter, each local law enforcement agency shall report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy information, for the previous calendar year, on each use of force incident involving a police officer employed by the law enforcement agency that resulted in a monetary settlement or judgment against the law enforcement agency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The information reported shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the age, gender, ethnicity, and race of each individual involved in the incident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the age, gender, ethnicity, and race of the police officer involved in the incident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the incident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date, time, and location of the incident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the date on which the civil action was filed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the date on which the civil action was resolved; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the amount of the settlement or judgment awarded to the plaintiff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall adopt procedures for the collection and analysis of the information required under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before June 30 each year, the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall compile and submit an annual report on the information required under this section to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall post annually the report required under this section on its website.</text>
  </level>
</section>
