Title 4. Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs — Subtitle 10

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $425,000 for Baltimore City to be used as an operating grant for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program in Baltimore City.

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (a) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program in Baltimore City.

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $360,000 for Baltimore City to be used by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office for the relocation of victims and witnesses of crime.

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (a) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for the relocation of victims and witnesses of crime in Baltimore City.

In this section, “Department” means the Department of State Police.

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $466,600 for the Department, in coordination with the Attorney General, to form a designated unit of law enforcement officers who are selected, trained, and equipped to work as a team to investigate:

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (b) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available to the Department or the Attorney General.

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $300,000 for the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School in Baltimore City.

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (a) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School in Baltimore City.

In this section, “strategic decision support center” means a facility that is equipped with technology and systems that function as intelligence centers for law enforcement and enable functions including data integration, the study of crime trends, and the development of predictive and technology–based approaches in detecting and investigating criminal activity.

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for Baltimore City to be used to support strategic decision support centers in the Eastern District and Western District of Baltimore City.

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (b) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for strategic decision support centers in the Eastern District and Western District of Baltimore City.

For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, each year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $475,000 for Prince George’s County to be used by the Chief of Police for a criminal apprehension and suppression initiative focused on reducing violent crime.

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (a) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for a criminal apprehension and suppression initiative focused on reducing violent crime in Prince George’s County.

may use the funding only in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle; and

shall comply with any data sharing and reporting requirements established by the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy under § 4–1009 of this subtitle as a condition of receiving funding.

In this section, “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.

The Executive Director shall establish outcome–based performance measures to track the performance of any activity or program supported by funds received under this subtitle.

In this section, “local law enforcement agency” means:

The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under subsection (b) of this section shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available to local law enforcement agencies for warrant apprehension efforts.

An eligible local law enforcement agency that receives a grant under subsection (b) of this section shall submit for each fiscal year the following to the Executive Director:

There is an Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund.

The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies for:

The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall administer the Fund.

For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Fund.

The Fund consists of:

Money disbursed from the Fund shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available to local law enforcement agencies.

Within 90 days after the end of a grant cycle, an eligible local law enforcement agency that received a grant under this section shall submit, for the fiscal year, to the Executive Director the following:

On or before December 31, 2023, and on or before each December 31 thereafter, the Executive Director shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the information required by this section.

In this section, “qualifying nonprofit organization” means an organization that:

For fiscal years 2026 through 2029, each year the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to be used solely as an operating grant to qualifying nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing training to formerly incarcerated individuals in automotive repair.

The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall administer the grant funds to qualifying nonprofit organizations in accordance with § 4–1008 of this subtitle.

A qualifying nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section shall submit for each fiscal year the following to the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy: