Baltimore City Council
File #: 23-0427    Version: 0 Name: Baltimore Police Department - Trauma-Informed Care Training
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 9/18/2023 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/24/2024
Enactment #: 24-338
Title: Baltimore Police Department - Trauma-Informed Care Training For the purpose of adding the Baltimore Police Department to the list of City agencies who are required to designate 2 agency staff members to participate in certain trauma-informed training and activities.
Sponsors: Zeke Cohen, John T. Bullock
Indexes: Baltimore City Police Department, Care, Training, Trauma
Attachments: 1. 23-0427~1st Reader, 2. ECB 23-0427, 3. DPW 23-0427, 4. 23-0427 - Law, 5. BCHD - 23-0427, 6. BPD 23-0427, 7. March 2024 Fire Department Quarterly Council Final, 8. 23-0427~3rd Reader, 9. 23-0427 Signed, 10. Completed Ordinance 23-0427 24-338

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

 

                     * Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.

                     The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.

                     Introductory*

 

                     City of Baltimore

                     Council Bill          

                                                                                                                                                           

Introduced by: Councilmember Cohen

                                                                                                                                                           

 

                     A Bill Entitled

 

An Ordinance concerning

title

Baltimore Police Department - Trauma-Informed Care Training

For the purpose of adding the Baltimore Police Department to the list of City agencies who are required to designate 2 agency staff members to participate in certain trauma-informed training and activities.

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By amending

Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies

Section 22-21(a)(2)

Baltimore City Code

(Edition 2000)

 

Section 1.  Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

 

                     Baltimore City Code

 

                     Article 1.  Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies

 

                     Subtitle 22.  Children, Youth, and Families

 

Part IV.  Trauma-informed Care; Trauma-Responsiveness

 

§ 22-21.  Trauma-informed care training.

 

(a)                     Definitions.

 

(2)                     Agency.

 

“Agency” means:

 

(i) the Baltimore City Fire Department;

 

(ii) the Baltimore City Parking Authority;

 

      (iii)                     the Baltimore Police Department;

 

(iv) [(iii)]  the Department of Finance;

 

(v) [(iv)]  the Department of Law;

 

(vi) [(v)]  the Department of Housing and Community Development;

 

(vii) [(vi)]  the Department of Planning;

 

(viii) [(vii)]  the Department of Public Works;

 

(ix) [(viii)]  the Department of Recreation and Parks;

 

(x) [(ix)]  the Department of Transportation;

 

(xi) [(x)]  the Environmental Control Board;

 

(xii) [(xi)]  the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City;

 

(xiii) [(xii)]  the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice;

 

(xiv) [(xiii)]  the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development; and

 

(xv) [(xiv)]  the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services.

 

Section 2.  And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.