Maryland Criminal Procedure Section 11-807

      (a)      In this section, "law enforcement unit" means:

            (1)      the Department of State Police;

            (2)      the Police Department of Baltimore City;

            (3)      the police department, bureau, or force of a county;

            (4)      the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation;

            (5)      the office of the sheriff of a county;

            (6)      the office of the State's Attorney for a county;

            (7)      the office of the Attorney General; or

            (8)      the office of the State Prosecutor.

      (b)      When a report of a violent crime is filed with a law enforcement unit, the law enforcement unit shall give to a victim of that violent crime written information that the Board supplies about compensation for victims.

      (c)      A failure to comply with this section is not grounds for any civil or criminal action against a law enforcement unit.