§ 17.203. Removal of Chief of Police.

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The County Executive may at any time remove, dismiss or discharge the Chief of Police for any offense against law or good morals, for neglect of duty, inefficiency or breach of discipline.

(1894, Ch. 496, §§ 101A, 101E; P.L.L. 1930, Art. 14, §§ 231, 235; 1947, Ch. 666, §§ 231, 235; 1961, Ch. 634, § 1; 1963, Ch. 764, § 1)

Annotation— Police officer could not be dismissed without the benefit of a hearing. The fact that individual was acting as "Chief of Police," an office not specifically provided for at time of dismissal, did not divest him of his status as a "Police Officer" and the protection afforded by the statute. Board of County Commissioners v. Moxley (1960), 158 A 2d. 895, 222 Md. 113.

                    
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