80 Md. App. 101 - Boyer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. ““When performing the job of a law enforcement officer, the exercise of discretion may call for decisiveness and action in response to crises. Bradshaw [v. Prince George’s County], 284 Md. [294] at 304 [ 396 A.2d 255 ] [1979]. A police officer’s presently difficult job would be nearly impossible if every act committed in a non-malicious, discretionary manner would become the basis of a law suit. Were that to occur, we would in effect be placing handcuffs on the officers, not the culprits.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 82 Md. App. 72 - Sawyer v. Humphries · 101 Md. App. 191 - Manders v. Brown