§ 56-6. Community Interaction Recommendations Reports.

(a) In general.

In cooperation with the Baltimore City Police Department, the Advisory Commission shall develop annually a Community Interaction Recommendations Report.

(b) Focus.

The Report shall focus on making recommendations to create consistent positive interactions between police officers and community residents.

(c) Contents.

The report shall:

(1) recommend ways that police officers, by actively participating in neighborhood meetings and events, can bring police together with a wide array of City residents;

(2) identify ways to help build long–term consistent interaction between police officers and youth in Baltimore's schools, recreation centers, and other youth programs;

(3) identify ways that police officers can interact directly with members of the reentry community in a positive manner;

(4) recommend ways that emphasis can be placed on creating positive interactions with Baltimore's African-American, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, domestic-violence victim, public housing, and immigrant and refugee communities;

(5) recommend ways that emphasis can be placed on improving relationships between the Police Department and the small business community;

(6) provide ideas for citizen-involved training of police officers;

(7) list and evaluate partnerships between the Police Department and nonprofit organizations and other non-law-enforcement entities;

(8) include recommendations for homeless and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community interactions;

(9) include recommendations on how to recruit and retain City residents as police officers; and

(10) identify ways to form and maintain lasting and coordinated relationships with colleges and universities located in Baltimore City, including Morgan State University and Coppin State University.

(d) Annual submission.

On or before November 15 of each year, the Advisory Commission shall submit its Report for the ensuing calendar year to the City Council and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the members of the Baltimore City House and Senate Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly.