Baltimore Police Department v. Ellsworth

This appeal arises from the decision of a Baltimore City Police Department trial board (the “Board”) finding appellee, Joshua Tripp Ellsworth, a detective in the Homicide Unit, guilty of two violations of the Baltimore City Police Department Administrative Rules and Regulations. The appellant, the Baltimore City Police Department (“BPD”), charged Det. Ellsworth with seven violations based on incidents that occurred on August 7, 2009. At the hearing before the Board, the BPD called Ofc. Daniel Redd as a fact witness. Det. Ellsworth sought to impeach Ofc. Redd’s credibility based on an ongoing…