Section 13-601 - University of Maryland Police Force; campus security forces or building guards. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-601. University of Maryland Police Force; campus security forces or building guards.
 

(a)  Established.- There is a University of Maryland Police Force. 

(b)  Powers.-  

(1) A University of Maryland police officer is and has all the powers of a peace and police officer in this State. 

(2) However, a University of Maryland police officer may exercise these powers only on property that is owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the University of Maryland. The police officer may not exercise these powers on any other property unless: 

(i) Engaged in fresh pursuit of a suspected offender; 

(ii) Requested or authorized to do so by the chief executive officer or chief police officer of any county; 

(iii) Necessary in order to facilitate the orderly flow of traffic to and from property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the University of Maryland; or 

(iv) Ordered to do so by the Governor. 

(c)  Standards and qualifications to be adopted by Board.-  

(1) In consultation with the Secretary of State Police and the Maryland Police Training Commission, the Board of Regents shall adopt standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of character, training, education, human and public relations, and experience for University of Maryland police officers, including standards for the performance of their duties. 

(2) To the extent practicable, the Board shall adopt standards that are similar to the standards adopted for the Department of State Police. 

(3) Standards adopted on or after July 1, 1975, on minimum hiring qualifications of University of Maryland police officers may not affect the status of any individual who was a qualified University of Maryland police officer on that date. 

(d)  Rules and regulations of the Board.- The Board of Regents shall adopt rules and regulations governing the operation and conduct of the University of Maryland Police Force and of University of Maryland police officers. 

(e)  Campus security forces or building guards.- The Board of Regents may authorize the presidents of the constituent institutions to make use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 77A, § 15; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1988, ch. 246, § 2; 1994, ch. 165, § 3; ch. 166, § 3; 1995, ch. 3, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 16; 2001, ch. 331; 2003, ch. 21, § 7.]