(a) The Department of Police includes the County police and the Division of County Security Division. The Department has the authority, functions and activities prescribed by law.
(b) The Department has five non-merit positions: four Assistant Chief of Police (Sworn) positions and one Assistant Chief of Police (Civilian) position..
(c) Any reference in this Code or in regulation or other document to “superintendent of police” or “superintendent” means “Executive Director of Police,” or “Chief of Police,” or “Executive Director”.
(Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-64; 1969 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 15; 1977 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 3; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 2, § 1; , § 1; , § 1; , § 1; , § 1; 2020 L.M.C., ch. 18, §1; 2020 L.M.C., ch. 22, §1.)
Editor's note—The above section is quoted in Soper v. Montgomery County, 294 Md. 331, 449 A.2d 1158 (1982). The above section, together with section 33-3, is cited in DiGrazia v. County Executive for Montgomery County, 43 Md. App. 580, 406 A.2d 660 (1979).
See County Attorney Opinion dated explaining that, with limited exceptions, the County does not have financial responsibility for the payment of a judgment or settlement of a tort action against the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff even if it arises out of an employment relationship.
2000 L.M.C., ch. 6, §§ 2 and 3, state:
Sec. 2. The Chief Administrative Officer must abolish the following occupational classes on the date that the County Council confirms the third Assistant Chief of Police: (a) police lieutenant colonel; and (b) police major. Until the classes are abolished, the Chief of Police must not appoint any other person to a position in these classes.
Sec. 3. An employee of the Department of Police must not represent the Department or the County as an attorney in any administrative, quasi-judicial, or judicial proceeding.
Cross reference-Department of Police established, § 1A-201(a). 
