Maryland Public Safety Section 3-201

      (a)      In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

      (b)      "Commission" means the Police Training Commission.

      (c)      "Department" means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

      (d)      (1)      "Law enforcement agency" means a governmental police force, sheriff's office, or security force or law enforcement organization of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation that by statute, ordinance, or common law is authorized to enforce the general criminal laws of the State.

            (2)      "Law enforcement agency" does not include members of the Maryland National Guard who:

                  (i)      are under the control and jurisdiction of the Military Department;

                  (ii)      are assigned to the military property designated as the Glenn L. Martin State Airport; and

                  (iii)      are charged with exercising police powers in and for the Glenn L. Martin State Airport.

      (e)      (1)      "Police officer" means an individual who:

                  (i)      is authorized to enforce the general criminal laws of the State; and

                  (ii)      is a member of one of the following law enforcement agencies:

                        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 Maryland Transit Administration police force;

                        6.      the Maryland Transportation Authority Police;

                        7.      the police forces of the University System of Maryland;

                        8.      the police force of Morgan State University;

                        9.      the office of the sheriff of a county;

                        10.      the police forces of the Department of Natural Resources;

                        11.      the police force of the Department of General Services;

                        12.      the police force of a State, county, or municipal corporation if the special police officers are appointed under Subtitle 3 of this title;

                        13.      the Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force;

                        14.      the Baltimore City School Police Force;

                        15.      the Crofton Police Department;

                        16.      the police force of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation;

                        17.      the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Police Force; or

                        18.      the Ocean Pines Police Department.

            (2)      "Police officer" includes:

                  (i)      a member of the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller's Office;

                  (ii)      the State Fire Marshal or a deputy State fire marshal;

                  (iii)      an investigator of the Internal Investigative Unit of the Department;

                  (iv)      a Montgomery County fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2-208.1 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and

                  (v)      an Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator as defined in § 2-208.2 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

            (3)      "Police officer" does not include:

                  (i)      an individual who serves as a police officer only because the individual occupies another office or position;

                  (ii)      a sheriff, the Secretary of State Police, a commissioner of police, a deputy or assistant commissioner of police, a chief of police, a deputy or assistant chief of police, or another individual with an equivalent title who is appointed or employed by a government to exercise equivalent supervisory authority; or

                  (iii)      a member of the Maryland National Guard who:

                        1.      is under the control and jurisdiction of the Military Department;

                        2.      is assigned to the military property designated as the Glenn L. Martin State Airport; and

                        3.      is charged with exercising police powers in and for the Glenn L. Martin State Airport.

      (f)      "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.