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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 29.05.02.07" title_num="29" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="02" heading="Access to Shell Casing Profile Information.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A request to obtain information from the Statewide Shell Casing Data Base System shall be submitted to the Director or designee, in writing, by the requesting law enforcement agency on that agency's letterhead or form MSP 67.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The letter from the requesting agency shall contain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The reason for conducting the search;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The type of criminal offense;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The intentions of prosecution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The authority to request the search;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The details concerning the source of specimens within the Crime Scene Shell Casing files; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A laboratory point of contact or telephone number of the investigator, or both.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A telephone request for obtaining information from the Statewide Shell Casing Data Base and Repository may initiate a search, but information may not be released without a written request.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>This regulation does not preclude the establishment of electronic network connections between the Crime Laboratory's Statewide Shell Casing Data Base and local or federal law enforcement agency crime laboratories when that technology becomes available for this purpose.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>