Legal Opinion
Police Commissioner v. Dowling
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 4, 1977No. [No. 41, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We shall here hold that the “Law-Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights” found in Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol., 1976 Cum. Supp.) Art. 27, §§ 727 to 734A does not prevent the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City (the Commissioner) from dismissing an officer notwithstanding a recommendation for a lesser punishment by a hearing board, the Commissioner having made use of the powers vested in him under Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1969) §§ 16-1 to-40.
Appellee, Leslie P. Dowling (Dowling), takes no issue in this Court with the finding which was made by a Baltimore City Police…
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