- A. A member of the Department may not investigate, prosecute, disrupt, interfere with, harass, or discriminate against a person engaged in a First Amendment activity for the purpose of punishing a person for, retaliating against a person for, or preventing or hindering a person from exercising constitutional rights.
B. Members of the Department may not:
- (1) Collect or disseminate information that becomes known to them through covert investigations or through access to criminal intelligence, except as specifically provided by this subtitle and State and federal law;
- (2) Employ or direct an individual to obtain intelligence data in a manner that is inconsistent with this subtitle or State and federal law; or
- (3) Use any information that becomes known to them through covert surveillance, covert investigations, or access to criminal intelligence for political or economic purposes or for personal gain.
Authority: Public Safety Article, §3-701, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: March 8, 2010 (37:5 Md. R. 432)