Monday, December 10, 2007

Proposal to Let Noncitizens Join Md. Police Under Review - washingtonpost.com

Proposal to Let Noncitizens Join Md. Police Under Review - washingtonpost.com:

It never made sense to Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger: Immigrants who have green cards can join the U.S. military and fight America's wars but, like other noncitizens, are ineligible to work as police officers in Maryland and most other states.

Since 2004, Manger has championed the concept of lifting the citizenship requirement under certain circumstances. At his urging, the Maryland Police Training Commission, which oversees training and hiring standards for law enforcement agencies across the state, began studying the issue this year. A vote could come next month.

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