Baltimore County is taking steps to create a police accountability board that would receive complaints of officer misconduct and appoint civilian members to trial boards and charging committees.
County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., a Democrat, plans to introduce legislation Monday to create the nine-person board. Each county in Maryland is required to create a local accountability board under statewide police reform laws passed in 2021.
Under Olszewski’s bill, the county executive would appoint one member from each of the county’s seven councilmanic districts and its two at-large members.
