MD Police Discipline Records Could Be Made Public Under Bill - Annapolis, MD - Maryland legislators have introduced a bill, known as Anton's Law, that could allow public access to police officers' disciplinary records.
Bill could make Maryland police discipline records public
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BY JACOB STEINBERG
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland legislators have introduced a bill that could allow public access to police officers’ disciplinary records.
HB0120, the reintroduction of Anton’s Law, sponsored by Del. Gabriel Acevero, D-Montgomery and Del. Erek L. Barron, D-Prince George’s, aims to increase the transparency associated with police misconduct investigations, allowing the public to better understand how complaints against police are carried out.
“Anton’s Law seeks to inject a measure of trust between the police and the communities they are sworn to protect and serve,” Acevero said.
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By Jane Wakefield
image captionBaltimore had been piloting the aerial surveillance since April
Lawmakers in Baltimore have voted to end a controversial aerial surveillance program, which had seen spy planes constantly monitoring the city.
The program, set up by private firm Persistent Surveillance Systems, used camera-equipped planes to capture what was happening across a vast urban area.
The decision to abandon the scheme followed a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
It said the system disproportionately targeted people of colour. Baltimore s termination of its unconstitutional spy plane program is a hard-fought victory for all Baltimoreans, especially for Black leaders who challenged this and communities of colour who are disproportionately targeted by this surveillance, said Brett Max Kaufman, a senior lawyer for the ACLU.
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