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Baltimore officials, enforcement officers urge committee to extend felony assault protections to parking, traffic and special enforcement officers
Summary
Baltimore City officials and enforcement officers told the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee that parking, traffic and special enforcement officers face assaults while performing public-safety duties and asked for a favorable report on Senate Bill 825 to extend existing felony-assault protections.
Senate Bill 825 would extend existing state felony second-degree assault protections — currently applied to police, firefighters and EMS — to three categories of city enforcement officers, Baltimore City witnesses told the Judicial Proceedings Committee on Feb. 26.
Nina Themelas, director of government relations for Mayor Scott in Baltimore City, said the bill is a reintroduction of a 2023 measure and “would add 3 types of enforcement officers to the list of those who receive extra protections under state law.” She told the panel the officers are unarmed and cannot make arrests but “are put in vulnerable positions, across our city.”
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