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Law-enforcement and unions split with chiefs over show-cause order and disciplinary time limits under police-accountability laws
Summary
The Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony on two related policing bills intended to address procedural gaps and timing issues created by Maryland’s Police Accountability Act.
The Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony on two related policing bills intended to address procedural gaps and timing issues created by Maryland’s Police Accountability Act.
SB532 would authorize an officer to apply to the circuit court for an order to show cause why an agency failed to grant a right or follow required procedures — a remedy union witnesses said is needed to correct procedural errors quickly rather than wait for a full trial-board process. Michael Davey (MSFOP general counsel) and police witnesses described cases where chiefs…
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