(a) The P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program is established to maximize the use of State, local, and community resources to combat neighborhood decline in the City of Baltimore and throughout the State, support comprehensive strategies to reduce crime and fear in those communities, and ensure that Baltimore Police Department sworn officers are utilized in direct public safety roles. (b) In this subtitle, "State law enforcement agencies" includes: (1) the Maryland State Police; (2) the Maryland Transportation Authority Police; (3) the Maryland Department of General Services Police; and (4) the Maryland Capitol Police. (c) The Department of State Police, the Division of Parole and Probation within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and the Department of Juvenile Services shall establish and operate a warrant apprehension task force partnership. (d) The Baltimore Police Department, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Division of Parole and Probation shall establish and operate collaborative district officer supervision teams that provide intensive supervision, including increased home visits, of adult and juvenile violent offenders. (e) (1) The State and Baltimore City may enter into a memorandum of understanding to give State law enforcement agencies and the Baltimore Police Department concurrent jurisdiction over I-83 and I-295 in Baltimore City. (2) A memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall be reviewed annually and submitted, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee by December 31, 2020, and each December 31 thereafter. (f) (1) The Baltimore Pretrial Complex shall be staffed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (2) Baltimore Police Department sworn officers may not be used to staff the Baltimore Pretrial Complex. (g) State law enforcement agencies, the Baltimore Police Department, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services: (1) shall make diligent efforts to fully implement the requirements of this section as quickly as possible; and (2) may adopt regulations necessary to implement the requirements of this section.
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