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Montgomery County Council unanimously approves amended ban on on-duty law-enforcement face coverings with ID and portal requirements
Summary
The council voted unanimously to adopt Bill 5-26 with amendments requiring on-duty officers to display identification, permitting masks as workplace accommodations, exempting undercover/plainclothes officers, creating an online complaint portal, and sunset upon adoption of a statewide policy.
The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously April 28 to adopt Bill 5-26, a local law restricting on-duty face coverings by federal, state or local law-enforcement officers in the county, with a set of committee-recommended amendments and an expedited classification.
Under the adopted amendments, on-duty officers must display identification; the law permits masks or face coverings when required as a reasonable workplace…
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