Prince George's County Police Civilian Employees Ass'n v. Prince George's County Ex Rel. Prince George's County Police Department

This case raises an important issue of first impression in Maryland — namely, whether a county has the authority under the county’s code to enter into a collective bargaining agreement requiring that, before a criminal investigative interview of one of the county’s police civilian employees, the employee be advised of the right to have a union representative present at the interview — ie., that the employee be advised of a Weingarten right in the collective bargaining agreement.

An employee’s Weingarten right arises out of an employer-employee relationship where the employer subjects the…