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Article - State Government




§9–3602.

    (a)    The Office shall ensure that all reports issued by the Office related to grant programs include:

        (1)    a summary of all collected performance measure data; and

        (2)    information necessary to provide transparency in the results of competitive grant awards.

    (b)    (1)    The Office shall create, for inclusion in its annual report, a scorecard of quantifiable safety indicators.

        (2)    The Office shall determine appropriate indicators for the scorecard in coordination with:

            (i)    the Department of State Police;

            (ii)    the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;

            (iii)    the Office of the Attorney General;

            (iv)    the Maryland Department of Labor;

            (v)    the State Department of Education;

            (vi)    the Maryland Department of Health; and

            (vii)    the Department of Human Services.

        (3)    In addition to the indicators determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the scorecard shall include:

            (i)    crime statistics for violent crime and property crime as reported in the Uniform Crime Reports or the National Incident–Based Reporting System, including:

                1.    murder;

                2.    rape;

                3.    robbery;

                4.    aggravated assault;

                5.    breaking or entering;

                6.    larceny or theft; and

                7.    motor vehicle theft;

            (ii)    crime clearance rates for the crimes included under item (i) of this paragraph;

            (iii)    the portion of committed crimes not reported to law enforcement as estimated based on the National Crime Victimization Survey or other sources;

            (iv)    indicators of safety and fairness in the criminal justice system in the State, including:

                1.    the number of serious assaults on staff and incarcerated individuals committed in State correctional facilities;

                2.    police use of force statistics;

                3.    the number of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty;

                4.    disparity in traffic stops, arrests, convictions, and sentencing by race and ethnicity; and

                5.    available surveys of public trust in policing and the criminal justice system in the State; and

            (v)    indicators of the underlying factors and conditions affecting progress toward a safer State, including:

                1.    unemployment rates by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and region;

                2.    school dropout rates;

                3.    population density and degree of urbanization;

                4.    percentage of residents below the federal poverty threshold;

                5.    median household income; and

                6.    access to mental health, behavioral health, and addiction treatment.



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