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Frederick County committee reviews eight misconduct complaints; four allegations result in administrative charges
Summary
The Frederick County Administrative Charging Committee voted to close part of its May 21 meeting and, in a written closed-session summary, said it reviewed eight complaints: seven allegations involving eight officers were exonerated and four allegations involving four officers were administratively charged.
Thomas Humphries, chair of the Frederick County Administrative Charging Committee, presided over the committee’s May 21 meeting and announced procedural business before the body entered closed session.
The committee unanimously approved the minutes from its April 16, 2026 meeting (including closed session minutes) and heard an administrative update. Executive Administrator Sarah Ambrosio and Chair Humphries summarized takeaways from the PAB Summit in Baltimore City; the public transcript records no substantive policy proposals from that update.
At 5:13 p.m., Katherine Jones, vice chair, moved that the committee go into closed session under Maryland Annotated Code, General Provisions Article §3-305(b)(1), (7) and (13) to discuss personnel matters, consult with counsel and comply with a statutory confidentiality requirement; Robert Effler seconded the motion and the committee voted 5-0 to close the meeting. The public record notes there were no public objections to the closure.
According to the committee’s written closing statement and the closed-session summary included in the public record, members reviewed eight complaints referred from law enforcement agencies. The summary states that, by majority vote, seven allegations of police misconduct involving eight officers were exonerated and four allegations involving four officers were administratively charged. The written statement lists committee members Thomas Humphries (presiding officer), Katherine Jones (vice chair), Robert Effler, Deborah Haberkorn and Laurel Beavan as present, and identifies Sarah Ambrosio, Executive Administrator, and Kendall Desaulniers, Senior Assistant County Attorney, as staff present for the closed session.
The public portion of the meeting is recorded as adjourning at 5:14 p.m.; the motion to enter closed session is recorded at 5:13 p.m., and the written statement records the closed session time as 5:15 p.m. The transcript contains these differing timestamps in the public record. The committee’s written closing statement and summary of votes are the official record provided in the meeting packet; the transcript does not identify individual votes on each complaint.
No additional actions, next steps, or public scheduling related to the administratively charged matters were recorded in the public portion of the meeting. The committee’s written materials state that the subject matter involved investigations received from law enforcement agencies and that confidentiality is required under the cited statutes.
