![[photo, County Office Building entrance, 225 North Center St., Westminster, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/carr/images/i006253a.jpg)
In Carroll County, the legislative and executive branches of County government are administered by the Board of County Commissioners.
Elected to four-year terms by the voters, the Board of County Commissioners consists of five members, with one residing in each of the five County Commissioner Election Districts. Annually, the President and Vice-President are chosen for a one-year term by the Board.
County Office Building entrance, 225 North Center St., Westminster, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
To improve matters of policing, the Board is to meet quarterly with heads of law enforcement agencies and work with those agencies and County government. Further, the Board will appoint civilian members of Charging Committees and Trial Boards, receive complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public, and, on a quarterly basis, review outcomes of disciplinary matters considered by Charging Committees.
Appointed to two-year terms by the Board of County Commissioners, the Police Accountability Board consists of five members. The Board of County Commissioners chooses the Chair (Code Public Safety Article, secs. 3-102 through 3-104; Board of County Commissioners Resolution 2022).
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