Section 11-807 - Criminal incident report. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-807. Criminal incident report.
 

(a)  "Law enforcement unit" defined.- In this section, "law enforcement unit" means: 

(1) the Department of State Police; 

(2) the Police Department of Baltimore City; 

(3) the police department, bureau, or force of a county; 

(4) the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation; 

(5) the office of the sheriff of a county; 

(6) the office of the State's Attorney for a county; 

(7) the office of the Attorney General; or 

(8) the office of the State Prosecutor. 

(b)  Informing victims about compensation.- When a report of a violent crime is filed with a law enforcement unit, the law enforcement unit shall give to a victim of that violent crime written information that the Board supplies about compensation for victims. 

(c)  Failure to comply with section not grounds for action.- A failure to comply with this section is not grounds for any civil or criminal action against a law enforcement unit. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 832; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]