Regulation .05 Prohibited Practices.
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A.
A member of the Department may not investigate, prosecute, disrupt, interfere with, harass, or discriminate against a person engaged in a First Amendment activity for the purpose of punishing a person for, retaliating against a person for, or preventing or hindering a person from exercising constitutional rights.
B.
Members of the Department may not:
(1)
Collect or disseminate information that becomes known to them through covert investigations or through access to criminal intelligence, except as specifically provided by this subtitle and State and federal law;
(2)
Employ or direct an individual to obtain intelligence data in a manner that is inconsistent with this subtitle or State and federal law; or
(3)
Use any information that becomes known to them through covert surveillance, covert investigations, or access to criminal intelligence for political or economic purposes or for personal gain.