1. (a) The Commissioner shall employ correctional employees to monitor and provide security for incarcerated individuals in the program.

2. (b) A correctional employee designated to monitor incarcerated individuals in the program may:

   1. (1) obtain and execute search warrants as authorized under § 3-415 of this subtitle; and
   2. (2) make arrests as authorized under § 2-207 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

3. (c) A correctional employee authorized to make arrests under this section shall:

   1. (1) meet the minimum qualifications required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; and
   2. (2) complete satisfactorily the training prescribed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, c. 35, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2016, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 689A.