Baltimore County Police Accountability Board adopts 2024 annual report with commitment to add December data

The Baltimore County Police Accountability Board voted to adopt its 2024 annual report, with the chair noting staff would add the December Administrative Charging Committee (ACC) case data and meeting links before uploading the final version to the PAB website.

The motion to adopt the draft report was made by Scott Richmond and seconded by Renee Scribe. The chair called for a voice vote; the motion was recorded as adopted. The adopted draft will be updated to include the December 2024 ACC meeting data and links to the PAB and ACC recordings, then circulated to PAB members, ACC members, the county executive, and the county council chair.

The report circulated to board members and uploaded to staff servers summarizes 2024 complaints reviewed under the Police Accountability Act. It shows the largest single case-type category labeled “other,” followed by departmental car accidents and use-of-force allegations. The document breaks out ACC outcomes (the ACC's determinations on allegations) and a broader set of matters that include use-of-force allegations combined with other charges (for example, rudeness or body-worn camera violations). The draft report also includes an expanded chart detailing the specific allegations charged; for instance, among matters involving a use-of-force allegation, the draft lists charges for use-of-force policy violations, rudeness, body-worn camera failures, failure to notify a supervisor, and conduct unbecoming.

The report contains four policy recommendations the PAB asked staff to forward to government affairs and relevant state bodies: tolling the year-and-a-day administrative charging deadline where criminal investigations are ongoing; directing that complaints withdrawn by complainants still be investigated by the law enforcement agency; removing departmental vehicle accidents from the ACC's disciplinary matrix; and asking the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt an annual schedule for ACC and trial-board training to avoid scheduling shortages.

Board members praised the drafting committee and staff for their work, and several members requested more contextual information about recurring allegation categories (for example, whether body-worn camera failures stem from failure to activate the device or other circumstances). ACC representatives said they flag policy or training gaps to the department when confidentiality allows but will not disclose individual-case details.

During public comment, representatives of community groups thanked the PAB for its work and for outreach efforts; one commenter noted technical issues with turning on their camera during the meeting.

The PAB recorded the motion and directed staff to finalize the report with the stated updates and to make it available to the county executive and county council. No further formal actions on the report were taken at the meeting.