(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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