Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County

Dissenting Opinion by

BELL, Chief Judge.

The “911 system” 1 is an emergency system intended by the General Assembly to enhance, in recognition of their paramount importance, the safety and well-being of the citizens of Maryland by ensuring that timely and appropriate assistance is rendered when the lives or property of those citizens are in imminent danger. Maryland Code (1957, 1997 Replacement Volume, 2001 Cum.Supp.) Article 41, § 18-101(a).2 Recognizing that a multiplicity of emergency telephone numbers exists throughout the State and, indeed, within any given county and that the telephone is…