After two years of study, the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing, established by the Maryland General Assembly to review the operations of the Baltimore Police Department following the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, issued its final report.

It was scarcely worth the wait. In particular, the changes it recommends to Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBR) are woefully inadequate.

The Officers’ Bill of Rights governs the process by which police officers are disciplined. It hands to officers procedural safeguards far in excess of those given to other civil servants, ostensibly to protect them from unjustified disciplinary actions.

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