§ 3-108

Maryland § 3-108

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gps: Public Safety
• Title: 3

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(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.