Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 3-308
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- 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.
(a) The special police officer is responsible for:
(1) any abuse of the special police officer’s powers; and
(2) the exercise of the special police officer’s powers on property not within the special police officer’s jurisdiction.
(b) The entity that requested the appointment of the special police officer is also responsible for:
(1) any wrongful action that the special police officer commits in the course of the special police officer’s duties; and
(2) any abuse of the powers granted by the commission, either on or off the premises.