# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 4. Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs

### Subtitle 15

#### Section 4-1501

(a) The P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program is established to maximize the use of State, local, and community resources to combat neighborhood decline in the City of Baltimore and throughout the State, support comprehensive strategies to reduce crime and fear in those communities, and ensure that Baltimore Police Department sworn officers are utilized in direct public safety roles.

(b) In this subtitle, "State law enforcement agencies" includes:

  (1) the Maryland State Police;

  (2) the Maryland Transportation Authority Police;

  (3) the Maryland Department of General Services Police; and

  (4) the Maryland Capitol Police.

(c) The Department of State Police, the Division of Parole and Probation within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and the Department of Juvenile Services shall establish and operate a warrant apprehension task force partnership.

(d) The Baltimore Police Department, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Division of Parole and Probation shall establish and operate collaborative district officer supervision teams that provide intensive supervision, including increased home visits, of adult and juvenile violent offenders.

(e)

  (1) The State and Baltimore City may enter into a memorandum of understanding to give State law enforcement agencies and the Baltimore Police Department concurrent jurisdiction over I-83 and I-295 in Baltimore City.

  (2) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall be reviewed annually and submitted, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee by December 31, 2020, and each December 31 thereafter.

(f)

  (1) The Baltimore Pretrial Complex shall be staffed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

  (2) Baltimore Police Department sworn officers may not be used to staff  the Baltimore  Pretrial Complex.

(g) State law enforcement agencies, the Baltimore Police Department, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services:

  (1) shall make diligent efforts to fully implement the requirements of this section as quickly as possible; and

  (2) may adopt regulations necessary to implement the requirements of this section.

#### Section 4-1502

(a) The Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall:

  (1) select 10 high-crime micro-zones within the State; and

  (2) create, as a civilian position, an "End the Violence" P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Coordinator position for each high-crime micro-zone.

(b) An "End the Violence" P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Coordinator shall reside in the jurisdiction in which the high-crime micro-zone is located.

(c) An "End the Violence" P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Coordinator shall:

  (1) ensure utilization of all existing crime prevention programs and grants;

  (2) coordinate community and youth programs;

  (3) assist with community mobilization and activities to reclaim public space;

  (4) assist with rapid response to public nuisances; and

  (5) coordinate community engagement with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the high-crime micro-zone.

#### Section 4-1503

For fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation:

(1) sufficient to fully fund the requirements of Sec. 4-1501 of this subtitle; and

(2) of at least $500,000 in addition to the funding required under item (1) of this section to be used by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to hire and manage "End the Violence" P.R.O.T.E.C.T. Coordinators established under Sec. 4-1502 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)