HANDGUN PERMIT REVIEW BOARD
Chairperson: Donald A. Westcott, 1990

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice &
consent: Elmer E. Horsey, 1989; H. Theodore
Frantum, Jr., 1990; Rev. Mervin C. Gray, 1990;
H. John Lobe, 1991.

6776 Reisterstown Rd., Suite 312
Baltimore, MD 21215-2341 764-4070

The Handgun Permit Review Board was created
in 1972 (Chapter 13, Acts of 1972).

Any person whose application for a handgun
permit or renewal of a permit has been rejected or
whose permit has been revoked or limited may ask
the Board to review the decision of the Superinten-
dent of the Maryland State Police. The Board can
either sustain, reverse, or modify the decision of the
Superintendent, or conduct a hearing to establish
the facts.

From the general public, the Governor appoints
the Board's five members with Senate advice and
consent. Members serve three-year terms (Code
1957, Art. 27, sec. 36E).

HANDGUN ROSTER BOARD

Chairperson:
Col. Elmer H. Tippett, Superintendent, Maryland
State Police

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice &
consent: Cornelius J. Behan, 1989; Logan C.
Widdowson, 1989; Michael J. Moore, 1990; Joan
K. Jackson, 1991; John P. Keery, Jr., 1991; Simon
Adas, 1992; Matthew C. Fenton IV, 1992; one
vacancy.

c/o Maryland State Police
Headquarters
PikesviUe, MD 21208 653-4219

The Handgun Roster Board was created in 1988
(Chapter 533, Acts of 1988). The Board compiles,
maintains, and publishes the Handgun Roster,
which lists those handguns manufactured after Jan-
uary 1,1985, that may be sold or offered for sale in
Maryland. It is illegal in Maryland to sell or offer for
sale a handgun manufactured after January 1,1985,
that is not on the Handgun Roster. By July 1,1989,
and semiannually thereafter, the Handgun Roster
will be published in the Maryland Register.

The Board consists of nine members appointed
to four-year terms by the Governor with Senate
advice and consent. The Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police serves as chairperson (Code
1957, Art. 27, secs. 36F, 361, 36J).

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Vacancy, Assistant Secretary 764-4079

The Assistant Secretary oversees five Divisions:
Research and Statistics, Personnel Services, Fi-
nance, Audit and Compliance, and Data Services.

DIVISION OF RESEARCH AMD STATISTICS
Richard Tamberrino, Director 764-4021

DIVISION OF PERSONNEL SERVICES
John G.Sybert, Director 764-4012

DIVISION OF FINANCE
G. Lawrence Franklin, Director 764-4050

DIVISION OF AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE
Henry R. Lesansky, Director 764-4029

DIVISION OF DATA SERVICES
Paul E. Leuba, Director 764-4200

The Division of Data Services is responsible for
the Criminal Justice Information System, Manage-
ment Information Systems, and the Data Center.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM

Earl Gillespie, Director 764-4370

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

John R. Madieson, Director 764-4208

DATA CENTER

John M. Huwig, Director 653-4520

The Department administers the Data Center
for public safety, law enforcement, and correctional
agencies within the State. Created in 1970, the
Center provides data processing services to the
State Police, Division of Correction, Division of
Parole and Probation, Patuxent Institution, State
Fire Marshal, and several federal and local criminal
justice agencies. The Center provides computer ter-
minal and computer-to-computer data transmis-
sion between these agencies and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System, and the State Motor
Vehicle Administration.

MARYLAND STATE POLICE

Col. Elmer H. Tippett, Superintendent
Lt. Col. Frank Mazzone, Deputy Superintendent

Headquarters
PikesviUe, MD 21208 486-3101

The Maryland State Police originated in 1935
(Chapter 303, Acts of 1935). The agency is charged
with enforcing State motor vehicle and criminal
laws and safeguarding the lives and safety of all
persons within the State. The agency protects prop-
erty and assists all persons to secure the equal