Archives for August 2013

The City’s Decision to Demote Field Training Officer Years after Alleged Misconduct Set Aside by Arbitrator

By Anthony Rice 

DemotionIn City of Chicago, the arbitrator found that the City’s decision to demote a Chicago police officer for “problematic behavior” was arbitrary and capricious, because the decision relied solely on a complaint registered against the officer in 2007.

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Sheriff’s Inability to Prove Deputy Sheriff was the “Head Butting” Aggressor in a Domestic Violence Case Allows Deputy to Keep His Job.

By Anthony Rice 

ProofIn Broward County Sheriff, the arbitrator found that the Sheriff’s Office did not have just cause to discharge a Florida deputy sheriff accused of domestic violence, because no reliable evidence was presented to show that the deputy head-butted his girlfriend and the little evidence that was presented had been altered at the scene.

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