Delegate Acevero began pushing for stronger police accountability rules as soon as he took office in 2019 — and for good reason. Maryland’s laws are among the worst in the country when it comes to the public’s right to know whether a police officer is under investigation, the results of investigations, and whether officers have ever been disciplined. Under Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, investigative and disciplinary records of the police — who are public employees — are not available to the public.

• UFCW Local 1994 immediately reinstate Gabriel Acevero to his job, with full back pay, and that Maryland elected officials request that UFCW 1994 do so;

• Maryland state lawmakers pass Anton’s Law and repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights;

• Elected officials at the local and county levels advocate for Anton’s Law and the repeal of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights with their county’s delegation to the state assembly; and

• Maryland elected officials and candidates refuse all donations and endorsements from law enforcement entities, and return all such donations accepted previously.