ELLSWORTH v. BALTIMORE PD

No. 58, September Term, 2013.

89 A.3d 1183 (2014)

438 Md. 69

Joshua Tripp ELLSWORTH v. BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarke F. Ahlers (Clarke F. Ahlers, P.C., Columbia, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Daniel C. Beck , Associate Legal Counsel ( George A. Nilson , City Solicitor, Kara L. Lynch , Associate Legal Counsel, Neal M. Janey, Jr. , Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

In this case we are called upon to interpret the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights ("LEOBR"),1 which is triggered when a "law enforcement officer"2 is under investigation or subject to interrogation for a reason that may result in "a recommendation of demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or similar action that is considered punitive". Section 3-107(a). Under Section...

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