Of the 23 cases, about half have been sent to local prosecutors for charging decisions, and none have resulted in charges against officers.
Maryland State Police and Montgomery County police investigate the scene where police fatally shot a man in Silver Spring. A year after the Maryland Attorney General’s Office created its Independent Investigations Division amid sweeping laws aimed at improving police accountability, the agency has released its first annual report showing it has investigated nearly two dozen fatal encounters involving law enforcement.The report, which spans from Oct. 1, 2o21, to Sept.
about local police agencies conducting investigations into their own officers and whether departments could be impartial in the disciplinary process.“For the first time, Marylanders who died at the hands of police would not have their deaths investigated by the same police agency that employed those officers,” Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said in a letter in the report.
The division has 15 days after finishing an investigation to send a report of its findings to the local state’s attorney. IID reports do not “make any recommendations as to whether any individual should or should not be charged,” according to the report.what appears to be mostly collaborative efforts, the system has received some push back. In April, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler was a vocal opponent of the law that created the IID. He argued as sheriff, that he has ato investigate any crimes that occur in Harford County, “regardless of who may have committed those crimes.” He has also said that Frosh has overstepped his authority. Harford County State’s Attorney Albert J. Peisinger, Jr.
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