Maryland § 24-1205

§ 24-1205.

    (a)    If the University establishes a police department under this subtitle, the University shall establish a University Police Accountability Board.

    (b)    The purpose of the Accountability Board is to:

        (1)    Enable community members to share community concerns regarding the police department directly with police department leadership;

        (2)    Review police department metrics;

        (3)    Provide feedback on existing police department policies and practices, including police department standards for hiring and recruitment; and

        (4)    Suggest ideas for improving police department policies, procedures, and performance, including ideas for community–based public safety initiatives.

    (c)    (1)    The Accountability Board shall be composed of 15 individuals, including:

            (i)    Students, faculty, and staff of the University;

            (ii)    Members of the Baltimore City community from the neighborhoods adjacent to the campus area; and

            (iii)    A member of the Johns Hopkins University Black Faculty and Staff Association.

        (2)    The Accountability Board shall include at least one community representative who is unaffiliated with the University from each of the following neighborhoods:

            (i)    The neighborhood adjacent to the University’s Homewood campus;

            (ii)    The neighborhood adjacent to the University’s East Baltimore campus; and

            (iii)    The neighborhood adjacent to the University’s Peabody campus.

        (3)    Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, University leadership shall appoint the individuals to the Accountability Board with the advice and consent of the Senate.

        (4)    (i)    The Mayor of Baltimore City and the Baltimore City Council President each shall appoint an individual to the Accountability Board.

            (ii)    University leadership, in consultation with the Baltimore City Council, shall appoint the community representatives specified under paragraph (2) of this subsection with the advice and consent of the Senate.

    (d)    The Accountability Board shall have the authority to:

        (1)    Review police department metrics involving crime;

        (2)    Review current and prospective police department policies, procedures, and training; and

        (3)    Provide recommendations to the University on current and prospective police department policies, procedures, and training.

    (e)    The Accountability Board shall:

        (1)    Meet at least quarterly;

        (2)    Hold at least one public meeting each year to seek input on police department policies, procedures, and training from community members of Baltimore City; and

        (3)    Post the minutes from each meeting in a prominent manner on a website available to the public.