Prince George's County Police Department v. Zarragoitia

DEBORAH S. EYLER, Judge.

The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ruled that a disciplinary action by the Prince George’s County Police Department (“the Department”), appellant, against Officer Marcos Zarragoitia, appellee, was time-barred. Specifically, the *171court decided that the approval, by the Commander of the Department’s Internal Affairs Division, of a “Report of Investigation,” did not constitute the filing of charges under section 730(b)(1) of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights; instead, charges were filed several months later, and outside of the limitations period, when…