Md. Code, Public Safety § 3-108
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Safety § 3-108, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Safety — governs police, fire, and emergency services.
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§3–108.
Official statutory text
(a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall designate an employee as a victims’ rights advocate to act as the contact for the public within the agency on matters related to police misconduct.
(2) A victims’ rights advocate shall:
(i) explain to a complainant:
1. the complaint, investigation, administrative charging committee, and trial board process;
2. any decision to terminate an investigation;
3. an administrative charging committee’s decision of administratively charged, not administratively charged, unfounded, or exonerated; and
4. a trial board’s decision;
(ii) provide a complainant with an opportunity to review a police officer’s statement, if any, before completion of an investigation by a law enforcement agency’s investigative unit;
(iii) notify a complainant of the status of the case at every stage of the process; and
(iv) provide a case summary to a complainant within 30 days after final disposition of the case.
(b) Each law enforcement agency shall create a database that enables a complainant to enter the complainant’s case number to follow the status of the case as it proceeds through:
(1) investigation;
(2) charging;
(3) offer of discipline;
(4) trial board;
(5) ultimate discipline; and
(6) appeal.
(2) A victims’ rights advocate shall:
(i) explain to a complainant:
1. the complaint, investigation, administrative charging committee, and trial board process;
2. any decision to terminate an investigation;
3. an administrative charging committee’s decision of administratively charged, not administratively charged, unfounded, or exonerated; and
4. a trial board’s decision;
(ii) provide a complainant with an opportunity to review a police officer’s statement, if any, before completion of an investigation by a law enforcement agency’s investigative unit;
(iii) notify a complainant of the status of the case at every stage of the process; and
(iv) provide a case summary to a complainant within 30 days after final disposition of the case.
(b) Each law enforcement agency shall create a database that enables a complainant to enter the complainant’s case number to follow the status of the case as it proceeds through:
(1) investigation;
(2) charging;
(3) offer of discipline;
(4) trial board;
(5) ultimate discipline; and
(6) appeal.
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