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<subtitle article="gsg" title_number="9" subtitle_number="36" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_name="Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy">
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-3601" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="36" subtitle_name="Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy">
    <text>In this subtitle, “Office” means the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-3602" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="36" subtitle_name="Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Office shall ensure that all reports issued by the Office related to grant programs include:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a summary of all collected performance measure data; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>information necessary to provide transparency in the results of competitive grant awards.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Office shall create, for inclusion in its annual report, a scorecard of quantifiable safety indicators.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Office shall determine appropriate indicators for the scorecard in coordination with:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the Department of State Police;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>the Office of the Attorney General;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>the Maryland Department of Labor;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>the State Department of Education;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vi">
          <text>the Maryland Department of Health; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vii">
          <text>the Department of Human Services.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>In addition to the indicators determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the scorecard shall include:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>crime statistics for violent crime and property crime as reported in the Uniform Crime Reports or the National Incident–Based Reporting System, including:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>murder;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>rape;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>robbery;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>aggravated assault;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>breaking or entering;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="6">
            <text>larceny or theft; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="7">
            <text>motor vehicle theft;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>crime clearance rates for the crimes included under item (i) of this paragraph;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>the portion of committed crimes not reported to law enforcement as estimated based on the National Crime Victimization Survey or other sources;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>indicators of safety and fairness in the criminal justice system in the State, including:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>the number of serious assaults on staff and incarcerated individuals committed in State correctional facilities;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>police use of force statistics;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>the number of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>disparity in traffic stops, arrests, convictions, and sentencing by race and ethnicity; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>available surveys of public trust in policing and the criminal justice system in the State; and</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>indicators of the underlying factors and conditions affecting progress toward a safer State, including:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>unemployment rates by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and region;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>school dropout rates;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>population density and degree of urbanization;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>percentage of residents below the federal poverty threshold;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>median household income; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="6">
            <text>access to mental health, behavioral health, and addiction treatment.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>On or before October 1, 2027, and each October 1 thereafter, the Office shall report to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of this article, the General Assembly on:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the total number of youth housed in facilities with adult offenders on a monthly basis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the average length of stay of youth housed in facilities with adult offenders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>the total number of youth charged as adults under § 3–8A–03(d)(3) of the Courts Article and the offenses with which those youth are charged;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>the total number of youth held in restrictive housing in facilities with adult offenders; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>the total number of violations of the provisions of Title 34 of the United States Code prohibiting youth from having sight and sound contact with adult offenders.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>