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Police Accountability Board to use administrative law judges for trial boards; two committee vacancies filled
Summary
Kim Raider, PAB administrator, told the Caroline County Police Accountability Board that a memorandum of agreement with the Office of Administrative Hearings will let administrative law judges be appointed for trial boards; she also reported two new Administrative Charging Committee appointments and a plan for an early year-end report.
Kim Raider, the Police Accountability Board administrator, told members at the Sept. 11 meeting that the board has received four complaints through the public portal and will bring a proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) to the county commissioners to formalize how trial boards get adjudicated.
"As of right now there are 4 complaints," Raider said, and described the MOA as a mechanism that "is going to appoint an administrative law judge anytime that a trial board needs to happen." She said the county, the sheriff’s office and the local police departments have signed the MOA and that individual law-enforcement agencies will be responsible for paying any expenses tied to a judge appointment. Raider said she will place the MOA on the commissioners’ agenda and that, after their sign-off, she expects to return the signed document to the Office of Administrative Hearings for finalization.
The MOA is intended to clear a pending trial-board case dating to December 2023 that Raider said has lingered while the board sought a retired law judge. "Hopefully we can get that trial board cleared up since it's been kind of lingering now for some time," she said.
Raider also reported two recent appointments to the Administrative Charging Committee: "Todd Lord was appointed as our chair of the Police Accountability Board," she said, and noted that the chair is automatically a member of the Administrative Charging Committee; she added that "Dan Towers was recently appointed by the commissioner," bringing the committee to full membership. Raider said Dan and Todd will attend training in November and then begin reviewing cases.
On administrative scheduling, Raider said the board will prepare its year-end report earlier than in prior years, aiming to draft it by late October so members have time to review and approve it in a November meeting before the holidays. She warned that some grant and training items were reduced in the current funding allocation and said staff will look for alternatives for training and complaint intake as IAPro contract access for some towns approaches expiration.
Next steps: Raider said the MOA will be presented to the county commissioners for their review and sign-off, after which the Office of Administrative Hearings would be asked to appoint a judge as needed.
