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§ 3-108. Victims' rights advocate; database to enable complainant to follow status of case

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic SafetyEffective: July 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety (Refs & Annos)
Title 3. Law Enforcement (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Police Accountability and Discipline (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Public Safety, § 3-108
§ 3-108. Victims' rights advocate; database to enable complainant to follow status of case
Duties of victims' rights advocate
(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.
Database to enable complainant to follow status of 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.

Credits

Added by Acts 2021, c. 59, § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.
MD Code, Public Safety, § 3-108, MD PUBLIC SAFETY § 3-108
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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