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Police Accountability Board reports few complaints, seeks legislative action on exoneration records
Summary
Todd Lord, chair of the Police Accountability Board, presented the 2025 annual report noting the county received roughly 34,980 calls for service with seven citizen complaints during the period; the board said it will seek renewed legislative action to allow expungement of exonerated or unfounded complaints from officer records.
Todd Lord, chair of the Police Accountability Board, presented the board’s 2025 annual report to the Caroline County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 2, outlining membership changes, training, complaint counts and grant funding.
Lord said the county secured a Police Accountability and Community Transparency grant for 2026 but at a reduced amount — "a total of $55,433 in grant funds ... representing half of what we requested." He gave a calls-for-service tally (Sheriff’s Department 23,265; Denton Police Department 10,642; Greensboro Police Department 1,073) and said those roughly 34,980 incidents produced seven citizen complaints; four were investigated and exonerated, two resulted in administrative charges and one remains pending.
The board discussed the Maryland Police Accountability Act (House Bill 670, effective July 1, 2022) and a PAB interest in pursuing legislation to allow expungement of exonerated or unfounded complaints from officer records. Lord and other board members said prior efforts did not clear committee and that they would pursue renewed outreach through the Eastern Shore delegation and other channels.
Lord also described administrative improvements: ACC/PAB members received training, the county uses iPro for public complaint intake, and the boards are sharing evidence (including body-camera footage) in Microsoft Teams to reduce meeting time. Commissioners asked PAB staff to track member and staff time spent on PAB/ACC activities so the county can quantify the statute’s resource burden; PAB agreed to add time-tracking to future reports.
The PAB report did not require a board vote; commissioners thanked the board and asked staff to follow up on the suggested legislative and time-tracking actions.
