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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 29.08.01.05" title_num="29" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Prohibited Practices.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Members of the Department may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employ or direct an individual to obtain intelligence data in a manner that is inconsistent with this subtitle or State and federal law; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>