![[photo, Liberty Building, 107 North Liberty St., Centreville, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/qa/images/1198-1-977b.jpg)
In Queen Anne's County, the legislative and executive branches of County government are administered by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Board of County Commissioners consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms by the voters. One of these members is elected by the voters to serve additionally as Council President for a one-year term. Thereafter, until the next election, the Council President is chosen annually by the Council as is the Vice-President (Code Local Government Article, secs. 9-401 through 9-406).
Liberty Building, 107 North Liberty St., Centreville, Maryland, December 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
To improve matters of policing, the Board meets quarterly with heads of law enforcement agencies and works with those agencies and County government. Appointing civilian members of Charging Committees and Trial Boards, the Board receives complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public, and, on a quarterly basis, reviews disciplinary matters considered by Charging Committees.
Appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to four-year terms, the Board consists of three to seven members. The Chair is chosen by the County Commissioners for a five-year term (Code Public Safety Article, secs. 3-102 through 3-104).
Meeting at least monthly, the Committee reviews the findings of each law enforcement agency’s investigation of police misconduct complaints forwarded by the agency to the Committee. The Committee makes determinations and recommendations from information related to the investigation. It may review body camera footage, call a police office before the Committee, determine if a police officer should be administratively charged, recommend discipline, and submit written opinions to the director of the law enforcement agency, the accused police officer, the complainant, and Police Accountability Board.
Five members constitute the Committee. Two are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, and two by the Police Accountability Board. The Chair of the Police Accountability Board serves ex officio. (Code Public Safety Article, secs. 3-102 through 3-104).
REDISTRICTING BOARD
After each federal decennial census, the County Code requires that a Redistricting Board be appointed to revise the County’s election districts (County Code, Art.1, sec. 4-2).
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