Baltimore City Council
File #: 15-0270R    Version: 0 Name: Request for State Action - Local Control of Police Commissioner Contract Length
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/19/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 10/19/2015
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Title: Request for State Action - Local Control of Police Commissioner Contract Length FOR the purpose of calling on the Maryland General Assembly to enact, and the Governor to sign, legislation removing the language in the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City that requires that contracts for Baltimore Police Commissioners be six years in length.
Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, William "Pete" Welch, President Young, Edward Reisinger, Eric T. Costello, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Nick Mosby
Indexes: Contract Length, Local Control, Police Commissioner, Request for State Action
Attachments: 1. 15-0270R~1st Reader

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.

THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.

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                     CITY OF BALTIMORE

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Introduced by: Councilmember Scott

                                                                                                                                                           

 

 

                     A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

 

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning

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Request for State Action - Local Control of Police Commissioner Contract Length

FOR the purpose of calling on the Maryland General Assembly to enact, and the Governor to sign, legislation removing the language in the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City that requires that contracts for Baltimore Police Commissioners be six years in length.

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   Recently there has been great debate about the process of replacing Baltimore Police Commissioners and the lengths of their contracts.  Currently the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City requires that police commissioner contracts each be six years in length.  Though it may have been a logical requirement at the time that it was written into law it no longer is in the best interest of the citizens of Baltimore.

 

   Allowing the Mayor of Baltimore to negotiate, and the Board of Estimate to approve, a contract based on current factors at the time of a new commissioner�s hiring is the best scenario for Baltimore.  Removing this outdated statute will untie the hands of Baltimore�s elected officials and will allow them to solely focus on the safety of the citizens.

 

   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Council calls on the Maryland General Assembly to enact, and the Governor to sign, legislation removing the language in the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City that requires that contracts for Baltimore Police Commissioners be six years in length.

 

   AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Governor, the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City House and Senate Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly, the President of the Maryland Senate, the Maryland House Speaker, the Mayor, and the Mayor�s Legislative Liaison to the City Council.

 

 

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