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transporting of handguns, and became effective
on March 27, 1972. The Board is composed of
five members appointed from the general public
by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate for terms of three years. Members of
the Board are eligible for reappointment. Any
person whose application for a permit or renewal
of a permit has been rejected or whose permit has
been revoked or limited may request the Board to
review the decision of the Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police. The Board has the power
to either sustain, reverse, or modify the decision
of the Superintendent upon a review of the re-
cord, or conduct a hearing within thirty days af-
ter receipt of the request (Code 1957, Art. 27,
sec. 36E).
INMATE GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
Chairperson: James G. Boss, Jr., 1979
Ralph S. Falconer, 1980; Edgar A. Fulton, 1981;
Maceo M. Williams, 1982; Anthony W.
Robinson, 1979.
Dene L. Lusby, Executive Director
Suite 206, One Investment Place
Towson 21204 Telephone: 321-3872
Chapter 210 of the Acts of 1971 created an In-
mate Grievance Commission within the Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
The five members of the Commission are
appointed by the Governor with the advice of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services for terms of four years. Of the five
members not less than two can be lawyers quali-
fied tu practice law in the State uf Maiylaiid and
not less than two can be persons of knowledge
and experience in one or more of the fields under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safe-
ty and Correctional Services.
The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, with the advice of the Commission and
with the approval of the Governor, appoints the
Executive Director who serves at the pleasure of
the Secretary.
Any person confined to an institution within
the Division of Correction, or otherwise in the
custody of the Commissioner of Correction or
confined to the Patuxent Institution, who has any
grievance or complaint against any official or em-
ployee of the Division of Correction or Patuxent
Institution may submit such grievance or com-
plaint to the Inmate Grievance Commission for
adiudication (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 204F).

DIVISION OF PAROLE AND
PROBATION
Arnold J. Hopkins, Director
Donald Atkinson, Executive Assistant Director
Norman H. Katz, Assistant Director, Bureau of
Field Operations
Stanley M. Waxman, Assistant Director, Bureau of
Administrative Services
Suite 702, One Investment Place
Towson 21204 Telephone: 321-3666
321-3667
321-3668
The Division of Parole and Probation was
originally created by Chapter 406, Acts of
1939, to administer the parole and probation
laws of the State of Maryland. By Chapter
653, Acts of 1953, the Division changed its
name to the Department of Parole and Proba-
tion. The Division was further reorganized by
Chapter 457, Acts of 1968, with the creation
of a Division of Parole and Probation separate
and apart from the Board of Parole. Hereto-
fore, the Director of the Division of Parole
and Probation was also the Chairperson of the
Board of Parole. The Division adopted its
present name by Chapter 401, Acts of 1970.
The Division administers the parole and proba-
tion laws of the State and became an agency
of the Department of Public Safety and Cor-
rectional Services on July 1, 1970.
The head of the Division of Parole and Proba-
tion is the Director of Parole and Probation. He
is appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, with the approval of the
Governor and the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, and serves an indefinite term at the pleasure
of the Secretary.
The Division supervises the conduct of parolees
and regularly informs the Parole Commission of
their activities. The Division recommends, at its
discretion, that the Commission issue warrants
for the retaking of parolees and issues warrants
for the retaking of parolees charged with a viola-
tion of parole, upon the delegation of this power
to the Director. The Division also makes such in-
vestigation as may enable the Parole Commission
to determine the advisability of granting paroles
to persons sentenced under the laws of Maryland
whenever such prisoner shall have served in con-
finement one-fourth of such term or consecutive
terms.