Court of Special Appeals of Maryland January 31, 2002, 2081, Sept. Term, 2000 (Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services v. Shockley)

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This appeal from the Circuit Court for Somerset County involves the conflict between a public employer’s right to insist that its employees answer questions relating to their fitness for public service and the employees’ right to assert the privilege against self-incrimination.