The superintendent announced changes to the board that disciplines officers.
“Any lack of confidence must be handled immediately and in order to do, so I am making changes in the Office of Fair Practices,” Jones said.
Other changes include:
A new equal-employment-opportunity-qualified office director to oversee the office that handles discipline
To ensure diversity in specialty units, a committee will oversee the selection process instead of division commanders
A national police accreditation association will review the departments recruitment, discipline procedures and promotions.
“I appreciate the colonel s efforts,” said Del. Darryl Barnes, chairman of the Black Caucus. “I believe his intentions are pure, but I do know that there is a lot of work that needs to be done.”
Last month,
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing of the session on adult use cannabis legalization. In focus was HB 32, introduced by
Delegate Jazz Lewis, which, as
Cannabis Wirereported, has broad support among advocates.
Also last month, the vice chair of Maryland’s
Senate Finance Committee,
Brian Feldman, introduced SB 0708, another adult use cannabis legalization bill. This bill has strong legislative support, including from
Senate President Bill Ferguson and
Senate Majority Leader Nancy J. King.
That bill got its first hearing on Thursday, in the
Senate Finance Committee, which lasted about an hour and a half. In his opening remarks, Feldman pointed to changing cannabis laws across the country, including the “
Maryland State Police investigating anti-crime event called Make Waldorf Great Again
Racism accusations leveled at Maryland State Police
The Maryland State Police is conducting an internal review of a recent crime suppression event nicknamed Make Waldorf Great Again, while wider allegations of racial discrimination within the ranks of the department have nabbed the attention of Maryland lawmakers.
WALDORF, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - The Maryland State Police is conducting an internal review of a recent crime suppression event nicknamed Make Waldorf Great Again, while wider allegations of racial discrimination within the ranks of the department have nabbed the attention of Maryland lawmakers.
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January 20, 2021
Maryland lawmakers are planning wide-ranging election reforms during the 2021 legislative session, including requiring special elections for filling vacant House and Senate seats and expanding ballot access for incarcerated voters.
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At a Tuesday afternoon House Ways and Means Committee hearing, lawmakers outlined some of their election-related bills. Many of the proposals, such as an attempt to improve access to voting materials for persons in jail, were offered during the 2020 legislative session, but failed to advance when legislators went home early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other measures long predate the COVID-19 pandemic, including a renewed push to change how vacancies in the General Assembly are filled.