OFFENSE

EMPLOYER’S PENALTY

RESULT ON APPEAL

DESCRIPTION

CASE NAME

Fraternization

Termination

Termination

Corrections officer escorted friend and former officer, who had been incarcerated, from jail upon his release. Officer had been ordered by his supervisors not to associate with former officer/inmate.

El Paso County Sheriff’s Department, 117 LA 1304 (Moore, 2002).

Residency

Termination

Reinstatement With Back Pay

Fact that firefighter frequently sleeps at a residence outside the city limits did not overcome evidence that firefighter spent significant parts of each day at his city residence, kept his clothes there, and received mail and telephone messages at the city address.

In the Matter of Civil Service Charges Against Richard Wickline, 19 OPER ¶1780 (OhioApp. 2002).

Substance Abuse

Termination

Termination

Firefighter tested positive for marijuana use on random drug test. Court found that though rehabilitation was a principal mechanism of the City’s drug policy, it was only secondary to the primary goal of ensuring safety.

Washington v. Civil Service Commission of Akron, 2002 WL 31828696 (OhioApp. 2002).