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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 0005 September Term, 2012

BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL.

v.

JOSHUA TRIPP ELLSWORTH

Zarnoch, Wright, Moylan, Charles E., Jr. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

Opinion by Wright, J. Filed: March 25, 2013

This appeal arises from the decision of a Baltimore City Police Department trial board (the "Board") finding appellee, Joshua Tripp Ellsworth, a detective in the Homicide Unit, guilty of two violations of the Baltimore City Police Department Administrative Rules and Regulations. The appellant, the Baltimore City Police Department ("BPD"), charged Det. Ellsworth with seven violations based on incidents that occurred on August 7, 2009. At the hearing before the Board, the BPD called Ofc. Daniel Redd as a fact witness. Det. Ellsworth sought to impeach Ofc. Redd's credibility based on an ongoing investigation of Ofc. Redd's alleged drug dealing, but was not provided with, or permitted to introduce, extrinsic evidence of Ofc. Redd's activities. On August 19, 2011, Det. Ellsworth filed a Petition for Judicial Review of the Board's decision in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City contending that the BPD was required to provide the evidence of Ofc. Redd's activities under the "exculpatory evidence" provision of the Law Enforcement Officer's Bill of Rights ("LEOBR"), Md. Code (2003, 2011 Repl. Vol.) Public Safety Article ("PS")

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