Md. Code, Correctional Services § 11-802
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 11-802, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§11–802.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the managing official of a local correctional facility may designate correctional officers employed by the local correctional facility to have the power to make arrests as authorized by § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article.
(b) Correctional officers designated by a managing official to make arrests as authorized under § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article shall meet the minimum qualifications and satisfactorily complete the training required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.
(b) Correctional officers designated by a managing official to make arrests as authorized under § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article shall meet the minimum qualifications and satisfactorily complete the training required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.
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