Criminal Procedure - Police Officers - Duty to Report Misconduct (Maryland Police Accountability Act)
Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring a police officer to report specified criminal conduct of another police officer to a supervisor or police chief when the reporting officer has actual knowledge of the criminal conduct; prohibiting a police officer from knowingly and willfully violating the reporting requirement; and establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both for a violation of the Act.
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Testimony (23)
MGA witness listFAV 16FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
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.…