Wicomico County is seeking applications from volunteers to serve on a new Police Accountability Board, an Administrative Charging Committee and a Trial Board.
Required by the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021, the Police Accountability Board will receive citizens’ complaints of alleged police misconduct and forward them to law enforcement for investigation. Once an investigation is complete, the Administrative Charging Committee will decide whether disciplinary action is warranted and offer recommendations for discipline in accordance with a state-mandated matrix. The Trial Board serves law enforcement officers who wish to have a trial on administrative charges brought by the Administrative Charging Committee. For more information go to: wicomicocounty.org/755/Law-Enforcement-Accountability-Board.
The Police Accountability Board application can be found on www.wicomicocounty.org. Any interested party should complete it electronically or it can mailed or personally delivered to the Executive’s Office in the Government Office Building at 125 N. Division Street, Room 303.
I would volunteer, but I am a conservative, middle aged, Protestant white male so the odds of my conservative voice being selected are slim to none, and none left town.