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Maryland Becomes First State To Repeal Police Bill Of Rights
Baltimore police officers. Image: Baltimore Police Department.
Maryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday becoming the first state to repeal its law enforcement bill of rights.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the measures, but the state Senate and House, which are under Democratic control, overrode Hogan’s veto.
The measures raise the bar for officers to use force, restrict no-knock warrants, mandates body cameras for all officers, give residents a voice in the discipline of officers, and opens allegations of police wrongdoing to the public.
“Maryland is leading the nation in transforming our broken policing system,” House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County), told the