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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="6-602" title_number="6" title_name="Attorney General" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Independent Investigations Division">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is an Independent Investigations Division within the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Division is the primary investigative unit for police–involved incidents that result in the death of individuals or injuries likely to result in death.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Office of the Attorney General shall determine whether an incident is police–involved and whether an injury is likely to result in death.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Division shall investigate all police–involved incidents that result in the death of an individual or injuries that are likely to result in the death of an individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a State’s Attorney may refer for investigation by the Division a police–involved incident resulting in serious bodily injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Division may, in its discretion, decline to investigate an incident referred by a State’s Attorney under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Division may investigate any other crime related to police misconduct that is discovered during an investigation under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In conducting an investigation under subsection (c) of this section, the Division may act with the full powers, rights, privileges, and duties of a State’s Attorney, including the use of a grand jury in any county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>To investigate under this section alleged criminal offenses committed by police officers, the Division may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>detail one or more police officers employed by the Department of State Police; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>employ other civilian personnel as needed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On or before January 31 each year, the Division shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the activities of the Division in the prior calendar year, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number of investigations that were conducted by the Division; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of prosecutions that were initiated as a result of an investigation by or a referral to the Division.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor annually shall include funding in the State budget sufficient to provide for the full and proper operation of the Division.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Funds provided in accordance with this subsection shall supplement and may not supplant any other funding provided to the Division.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
