Maryland Public Safety Section 3-207

      Subject to the authority of the Secretary, the Commission has the following powers and duties:

            (1)      to establish standards for the approval and continuation of approval of schools that conduct police entrance-level and in-service training courses required by the Commission, including State, regional, county, and municipal training schools;

            (2)      to approve and issue certificates of approval to police training schools;

            (3)      to inspect police training schools;

            (4)      to revoke, for cause, the approval or certificate of approval issued to a police training school;

            (5)      to establish the following for police training schools:

                  (i)      curriculum;

                  (ii)      minimum courses of study;

                  (iii)      attendance requirements;

                  (iv)      eligibility requirements;

                  (v)      equipment and facilities;

                  (vi)      standards of operation; and

                  (vii)      minimum qualifications for instructors;

            (6)      to require, for entrance-level police training and at least every 3 years for in-service level police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school, that the curriculum and minimum courses of study include special training, attention to, and study of the application and enforcement of the criminal laws concerning rape and sexual offenses, including:

                  (i)      the sexual abuse of children;

                  (ii)      related evidentiary procedures; and

                  (iii)      the contact with and treatment of victims of these crimes;

            (7)      to certify and issue appropriate certificates to qualified instructors for police training schools authorized by the Commission to offer police training programs;

            (8)      to verify that police officers have satisfactorily completed training programs and issue diplomas to those police officers;

            (9)      to conduct and operate police training schools authorized by the Commission to offer police training programs;

            (10)      to make a continuous study of entrance-level and in-service training methods and procedures;

            (11)      to consult with and accept the cooperation of any recognized federal, State, or municipal law enforcement agency or educational institution;

            (12)      to consult and cooperate with universities, colleges, and institutions in the State to develop specialized courses of study for police officers in police science and police administration;

            (13)      to consult and cooperate with other agencies and units of the State concerned with police training; and

            (14)      to perform any other act that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and duties of the Commission under this subtitle.