The Baltimore County Administrative Charging Committee voted unanimously Dec. 5 to enter a closed session to review investigatory files and "to discuss investigations pertaining to actual or possible criminal conduct," invoking Maryland Public Safety §3-104(h), a member said.

Joan Harris moved "to enter into closed session to review investigatory files and compliance with Maryland Public Safety section 3-104(h) and to discuss investigations pertaining to actual or possible criminal conduct," according to the meeting record; the motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. Chair Chris Sewey noted, "It is unanimous." The committee met in Room 118 of the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse and by Webex.

The transcript shows the committee returned to open session later in the meeting. In open session, Tamisha Peterson summarized trial-board activity: she said there were no trial boards in the previous 30 days, that a hearing scheduled for Dec. 9 had been canceled, and that one officer who had been the subject of the canceled hearing resigned. Peterson also listed upcoming travel/trial-board dates, saying another hearing is scheduled Dec. 16–17 and a board is scheduled for Jan. 13.

The committee did not disclose details of the investigatory files or the substance of the closed-session discussion in the public transcript. The public record for this meeting is limited to the motion invoking the statute, the unanimous vote to enter closed session, and subsequent scheduling updates reported in open session.

Next steps: the committee’s public minutes for Dec. 5 will note the closed session invocation and the voice vote; no further public action on the investigatory files was recorded in the transcript.