SB 50

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Criminal Procedure - Police Officers - Duty to Intervene

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a police officer to make a reasonable attempt to intervene to terminate or prevent another police officer's use of excessive force; prohibiting a police officer from knowingly and willfully violating the requirement to intervene established under the Act; establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both for a violation of the Act; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 12FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martinez, Roberto	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Alsobrooks, Angela	Prince George's County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elliott, Richard DeShay	Prince George's County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carter, Jill	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Roshong, Riley	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	USC, Professor Geoffrey Alpert	Individual	Oral
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Plaut, Arilobbyist	Law Offices of Boston Plaut	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FWA	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
INFO	Williams, Thomas	Maryland State Police	Written (PDF)
INFO	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Law Offices of Boston PlautUNF 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceINFO 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFWA 1

N/AFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Office of the Baltimore County ExecutiveINFO 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Prince George's County ExecutiveFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFPlaut, AriLaw Offices of Boston PlautRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC…

FWAMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…

INFOConner, CharlesOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveRegistered for: MedStar Health