![[photo, Chesapeake Building, 41770 Baldridge St., Leonardtown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/sm/leg/images/1198-1-08337b.jpg)
The Board of County Commissioners consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The Council President is elected at large by voters of the entire County, while the remaining members are each elected by the voters in their respective commissioner districts. Annually, the Vice-President is chosen by the Council. The County Commissioners take office on the first Monday in December after their election (Code Local Government Article, secs. 9-401 through 9-406).
Chesapeake Building, 41770 Baldridge St., Leonardtown, Maryland, November 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Formerly located in the County Courthouse, the Board of County Commissioners moved in 1978 to its present location at the Chesapeake Building, 41770 Baldridge St., Leonardtown, in the County Governmental Center at the former Leonard Hall School.
The Police Accountability Board receives complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public. On a quarterly basis, the Board meets with heads of law enforcement agencies and works with those agencies and County government to improve County policing.
Legal mandates providing for the Board also authorized Charging Committees and Trial Boards, whose civilian members are appointed by the Police Accountability Board. On a quarterly basis, the Board reviews disciplinary matters considered by Charging Committees.
Appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to three-year terms, the Police Accountability Board consists of five to nine members. The Chair is chosen by the County Commissioners (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. From information related to the investigation, the Committee makes determinations and recommendations. It may review body camera footage, call a police officer before the Committee, determine if a police officer should be charged administratively, 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. To three-year terms, two are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, and two by the Police Accountability Board. One serves ex officio (Code Public Safety Article, secs. 3-102 through 3-104).
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