2013 Maryland Code
PUBLIC SAFETY
§ 4-303 - Grants from Fund

§4-303.

(a) The Executive Director shall establish procedures for local law enforcement agencies to apply for money from the Fund, with priority given to those jurisdictions with the highest incidence of violent crime.

(b) A local law enforcement agency that applies for money from the Fund shall provide the Executive Director with:

(1) information on the number of violent crime incidents committed within the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency for the last 2 years; and

(2) any other information that the Executive Director considers necessary to make grants for law enforcement equipment.

(c) In accordance with the State budget, the Executive Director shall make grants to local law enforcement agencies to purchase or replace law enforcement equipment based on the comparative needs of each local law enforcement agency as determined from the information provided under subsection (b) of this section.

(d) After a local law enforcement agency receives notice from the Executive Director of a grant, the local law enforcement agency shall submit to the Executive Director proof of expenditures on law enforcement equipment.

(e) Money distributed under this subtitle shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other local law enforcement funding.