Maryland Attorney General Opinion 105OAG040

40 [105 Op. Att’y COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PUBLIC SAFETY – THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT – THE EXTENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S OFF-CAMPUS JURISDICTION – HOW COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THAT JURISDICTION IS DETERMINED May 1, 2020 The Honorable Stephanie Smith House of Delegates of Maryland You have asked a series of questions about the Community Safety and Strengthening Act (the “Act”), a 2019 law that establishes mechanisms for the creation of a Johns Hopkins University Police Department (the “Hopkins PD”). 2019 Md. Laws, ch. 25. In particular, you have questions about the off-…