City of Baltimore - File #: 23-0445

• File #: 23-0445
• Version: 0
• Name: Charter Amendment - Baltimore City Police Department
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/30/2023
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 1/25/2024
• Enactment #: 24-310
• Title: Charter Amendment - Baltimore City Police Department For the purpose of establishing the objectives, powers, and duties of the Baltimore City Police Department; defining certain terms; creating the role of the Police Commissioner and establishing the Commissioner as the head of the Department; providing for the appointment and confirmation of the Commissioner; establishing the powers and duties of the Commissioner; establishing the powers and duties of police officers; providing for police officers’ enjoyment of certain immunities and defenses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
• Sponsors: Mark Conway, Administration City Council, President Nicholas J. Mosby
• Indexes: Charter Amendment, Police

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/29/2024	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
12/18/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
12/18/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
12/18/2023	0	Committee of the Whole	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
12/12/2023	0	Committee of the Whole	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
11/27/2023	0	Committee of the Whole	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/2/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
11/2/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Police Department
11/2/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement
11/2/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
10/30/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
10/30/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced
10/30/2023	0	Committee of the Whole	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/30/2023	0	Committee of the Whole	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* 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 Conway
At the request of: The Administration (Office of the Mayor)


A Resolution Entitled

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning
title
Charter Amendment - Baltimore City Police Department
For the purpose of establishing the objectives, powers, and duties of the Baltimore City Police Department; defining certain terms; creating the role of the Police Commissioner and establishing the Commissioner as the head of the Department; providing for the appointment and confirmation of the Commissioner; establishing the powers and duties of the Commissioner; establishing the powers and duties of police officers; providing for police officers’ enjoyment of certain immunities and defenses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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By proposing to amend
Article IV - Mayor
Section 6(b)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

By proposing to add
Article VII - Executive Departments
Sections 142 to 146
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

Section 1. Be it resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:

Baltimore City Charter

Article IV. Mayor

§ 6. Appointments of municipal officers.

(b) Terms of officers.

The terms of all municipal officers appointed by the Mayor shall expire at the end of four years or at the end of the Mayor’s term of office, whichever first occurs, with the exception of t...