OFFENSE

EMPLOYER’S PENALTY

RESULT ON APPEAL

DESCRIPTION

CASE NAME

Conduct Unbecoming Off Duty

3-Day Suspension

3-Day Suspension

Officer appeared on local television news broadcast to protest the termination of another officer for failure to answer questions in an internal affairs investigation. Applying constitutional standards, the Arbitrator concluded that the speech was not about a matter of “public interest.”

City of Weslaco, Texas, LAIG 6543 (Jennings, 2007).

Dishonesty

15-Day Suspension

15-Day Suspension

Sergeant served as assistant coach for high school basketball team on two occasions when he claimed he was too ill to work. Sergeant’s 24 years of discipline-free service did not mitigate penalty.

Village of Telham, New York, LAIG 6541 (Douglas, 2007).

Performance Of Duty

Termination

Termination

Firefighter disregarded order of captain to enter front door of burning structure. Firefighter had past record of being unwilling to enter burning structures.

Voltolina v. St. Tammany Fire District XII, 2007 WL 2713251 (La.App. 2007).