(2004)

Dear Sheriff Golding:

You have asked for our opinion on several issues related to the appointment of municipal police officers as special deputy sheriffs in Harford County. Specifically, you posed the following questions:

1. What is the definition of special deputy and what are the parameters of his or her duties?

2. May the Sheriff of Harford County designate all qualified members of the local municipal police forces as special deputies, and are there any limitations or time restrictions on those designations?

3. May these special deputies make traffic stops outside their municipal territorial…