City of Baltimore - File #: 22-0132R

• File #: 22-0132R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Johns Hopkins University Police Department and Baltimore City Police Department Memorandum of Understanding
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 9/12/2022
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 10/3/2022
• Title: Informational Hearing - Johns Hopkins University Police Department and Baltimore City Police Department Memorandum of Understanding For the purpose of inviting the President of the Johns Hopkins University, the Vice President for Public Safety for the Johns Hopkins University, the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, and relevant members of their staff to brief the City Council on the proposed memorandum of understanding between the Johns Hopkins University Police Department and the Baltimore City Police Department, including a discussion of the enabling state legislation.
• Sponsors: Odette Ramos, Antonio Glover, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett, Ryan Dorsey
• Indexes: Informational Hearing, Johns Hopkins, Police

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/3/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Withdrawn
9/19/2022	0	Rules and Legislative Oversight	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/15/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
9/15/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Police Department
9/12/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
9/12/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

* 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 Ramos



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Johns Hopkins University Police Department and Baltimore City Police Department Memorandum of Understanding
For the purpose of inviting the President of the Johns Hopkins University, the Vice President for Public Safety for the Johns Hopkins University, the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, and relevant members of their staff to brief the City Council on the proposed memorandum of understanding between the Johns Hopkins University Police Department and the Baltimore City Police Department, including a discussion of the enabling state legislation.
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During the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 789 (SB 789), titled “The Community Safety and Strengthening Act”, which authorized the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to create a police department (JHUPD). SB 789 also mandated specific training, required compliance with the 2017 Federal Consent Decree, enumerated the powers of this new department, and set boundaries that JHUPD would be allowed to patrol. Beginning in June 2020, JHU paused creation of JHUPD, citing a desire to learn from the “national re-evaluation of policing... brought about by the death of George Floyd” prior to establishing the department. On June 1, 2022, JHU restarted the process of creating JHUPD.

In addition to the aforementioned provisions, SB 789 also...