Statutory Construction: Maryland State Police Ordered to Obey Agency’s Own Regulations

Abstract

This seven-page 1988 article is titled “Statutory Construction: Maryland State Police Ordered to Obey Agency’s Own Regulations.” It was published in the University of Baltimore Law Forum. The article analyzes a case in which a law enforcement agency failed to follow the agency’s own administrative rules and regulations, making the police department subject to an injunction for that failure.

Keywords: Maryland State Police, administrative rules, administrative regulations, statutory construction, Circuit Court for Baltimore County, disciplinary hearing boards, constitutional law, LEOBOR, law enforcement officers' bill of rights

JEL Classification: K19, K39, K42, K49