Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 2-208.3
Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 2-208.3
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(1) is assigned full time to the Fire and Explosive Investigations Section of the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department;
(2) has attained the position of deputy fire marshal; and
(3) has successfully completed a training program from a police training school approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission established under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Public Safety Article.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator has the same authority granted to the State Fire Marshal or a full-time investigative and inspection assistant of the Office of the State Fire Marshal under § 2-208 of this subtitle:
(1) while operating in Prince George’s County; and
(2) while operating outside Prince George’s County when:
(i) the Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator is participating in a joint investigation with officials from another state, federal, or local law enforcement unit, at least one of which has local jurisdiction;
(ii) the Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator is rendering assistance to another law enforcement officer;
(iii) the Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator is acting at the request of a law enforcement officer or State law enforcement officer; or
(iv) an emergency exists.
(c) The Prince George’s County Fire Chief:
(1) may limit the authority of a Prince George’s County fire and explosive investigator under this section; and
(2) shall express the limitation in a written policy.