Baltimore County ACC to include precinct totals in quarterly PAB reports starting Jan. 1

At its Oct. 25 meeting, the Baltimore County Administrative Charging Committee agreed to add precinct or division information to the quarterly reports it provides to the Police Accountability Board (PAB), starting Jan. 1, 2026.

A PAB representative asked the committee to “include the precinct or division of the department that the accused officer works in,” saying it would allow the PAB to report, for example, "out of the 78 complaints for the quarter, these were from precinct 1, these were from precinct 2." Committee members debated how much additional detail to include and whether it could allow readers to identify officers.

Members rejected immediate inclusion of officer rank or years of experience, citing privacy and identifiability concerns. One committee member said rank can make it possible to deduce an officers identity when combined with location. The committee instead agreed to report totals by precinct or division for the quarter, including cases in which the ACC declined charges, rather than listing details on individual cases.

Staff said they will coordinate with Internal Affairs to standardize a reporting format that IA can supply. The committee specified the change would begin Jan. 1 and that quarterly reports would show aggregate counts by precinct/division, not per-case breakdowns.

The decision is limited to reporting format changes; no change to charging or investigatory standards was made at the meeting.