Towson University
University or College agency in Baltimore County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- None listed
- Counties
- Baltimore County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2022.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- MD0030500
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
A District Court commissioner, a court officer who is not a judge, decides release at the initial appearance, usually around the clock at central booking. Commissioners can't release people charged with listed serious offenses, such as a crime of violence with a prior conviction for one, or violating a protective order; a judge decides those.
Md. Code, Crim. Proc. 5-202Md. Rule 4-216- Time to see a judge
A person arrested without a warrant must be taken before a District Court judicial officer without unnecessary delay and no later than 24 hours after arrest. A person still held 24 hours after a commissioner sets conditions goes before a judge at the next court session.
Md. Rule 4-212(f)(1) and 4-216(f), as compiled in Maryland Judiciary, Maryland Laws on Pretrial Release
Crime and arrests
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