Prince George's sponsors of bills to limit police spying

(Posted 27 Jan 2009)

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SB 256, HB 182

PG Sponsors::
Senators Harrington,  Muse, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
Delegates Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Gaines, Healey, Hubbard, Ivey, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, and Valderrama

Entitled:
Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using specified covert techniques to investigate or infiltrate a specified entity unless a specified finding is made; requiring the Department of State Police to adopt specified regulations; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to adopt specified policies; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from collecting, disseminating, or maintaining specified information in a criminal intelligence database unless the information is directly related to specified activity; etc.