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Legislation
MARYLAND
On April 4, 2001, Maryland enacted data collection legislation for law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The statute mandates collection for larger departments first and gradually adds smaller departments until 2004 when all jurisdictions are required to collect data until January 1, 2007. Montgomery County Sheriff Department is the only jurisdiction that has been collecting data under a DOJ consent decree.
Md. Transportation Code Ann. § 25-113 (2002), Race based traffic stops.
Status: Enacted April 04, 2001 ; Effective January 01, 2002
all jurisdictions required to collect data
Scope of Collection: vehicle stops
Restrictions: Requires larger jurisdictions to begin collecting first.
Data Collection Dates: January 01, 2002
Data Collected: race, gender, ethnicity, reason for stop / alleged violation, date, time, location, duration of stop, warning given, citation given, arrest made, personal search conducted, search of vehicle conducted, contraband found, items seized for forfeiture, authority for search
Other Information: The code requires data collection for all law enforcement agencies with 100 or more sworn officers to begin by January 1, 2002, those with 50 sworn officers or more to begin collection by January 1, 2003 and all agencies by January 1, 2004. The data collected is based on traffic stops, arrests and searches. All data is to be analyzed by Maryland Justice Analysis Center located at the University of Maryland. The collection will terminate on 2007 upon analysis.
History: 2001, chs. 342,343; 2003, ch.17
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Contact Information:
Maryland Justice Analysis Center
Charles Wellford
2220 LeFrak Hall, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-4701
CWELLFORD@crim.umd.edu
