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POLICE COMM'R v. DOWLING

[No. 41, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 412 (1977)

379 A.2d 1007

POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BALTIMORE CITY v. LESLIE P. DOWLING

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard S. Rubenstein, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Herbert R. Weiner, with whom were Gomborov, Steinberg, Schlachman & Diener on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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