1. (a) The Office shall ensure that all reports issued by the Office related to grant programs include:

   1. (1) a summary of all collected performance measure data; and
   2. (2) information necessary to provide transparency in the results of competitive grant awards.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The Office shall create, for inclusion in its annual report, a scorecard of quantifiable safety indicators.

   2. (2) The Office shall determine appropriate indicators for the scorecard in coordination with:

      1. (i) the Department of State Police;
      2. (ii) the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;
      3. (iii) the Office of the Attorney General;
      4. (iv) the Maryland Department of Labor;
      5. (v) the State Department of Education;
      6. (vi) the Maryland Department of Health; and
      7. (vii) the Department of Human Services.

   3. (3) In addition to the indicators determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the scorecard shall include:

      1. (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. 1. murder;
         2. 2. rape;
         3. 3. robbery;
         4. 4. aggravated assault;
         5. 5. breaking or entering;
         6. 6. larceny or theft; and
         7. 7. motor vehicle theft;
      2. (ii) crime clearance rates for the crimes included under item (i) of this paragraph;
      3. (iii) the portion of committed crimes not reported to law enforcement as estimated based on the National Crime Victimization Survey or other sources;

      4. (iv) indicators of safety and fairness in the criminal justice system in the State, including:

         1. 1. the number of serious assaults on staff and incarcerated individuals committed in State correctional facilities;
         2. 2. police use of force statistics;
         3. 3. the number of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty;
         4. 4. disparity in traffic stops, arrests, convictions, and sentencing by race and ethnicity; and
         5. 5. available surveys of public trust in policing and the criminal justice system in the State; and

      5. (v) indicators of the underlying factors and conditions affecting progress toward a safer State, including:

         1. 1. unemployment rates by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and region;
         2. 2. school dropout rates;
         3. 3. population density and degree of urbanization;
         4. 4. percentage of residents below the federal poverty threshold;
         5. 5. median household income; and
         6. 6. access to mental health, behavioral health, and addiction treatment.

Added by Acts 2022, c. 350, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.