LRIS Discipline

Disciplinary Transfer Held Subject to Grievance ProcedurePast

Sergeant Charles Jenkins works for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as a property crimes supervisor. In February 2011, after investigating an internal complaint against him, the Department...

The Negotiability of a Disciplinary MatrixPast

Disciplinary matrices are a curious feature of public safety employee labor relations. The interest in matrices waxes and wanes over time, with some employers adopting them even as other employers are...

Officer Cannot be Forced to Testify in Pre-Discipline HearingPast

Leon Dykas was a police officer for the Worcester, Massachusetts Police Department. In 2008, Dykas was purported to have engaged in noncriminal misconduct involving his ex-wife in violation of a “La...

Arbitrator Can Set Clear and Convincing Burden of Proof in Disciplinary CasesPast

When Officer Kevin Hammond was terminated by the Village of Posen, Illinois Police Department, his labor organization, the Illinois FOP Labor Council, challenged the termination in arbitration. An arb...

Union Has Right to Conduct Parallel Disciplinary InvestigationPast

When one of its members was the subject of a disciplinary investigation, the Washington State Patrol Troopers Association assigned Executive Board member Spike Unruh to represent the member. Unruh cal...

Due Process Requires Pre-Discipline Hearing Even if Appeal Rights ExistPast

A common misperception is that if an employee has access to a meaningful post-discipline appeal, the employer need not grant the employee a pre-disciplinary hearing. As the Village of Minerva Park, Oh...

Conviction of Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Extinguishes Due Process RightsPast

William Arganda was employed as a peace officer by the City of Westminster, California. Following an internal investigation, Arganda was served with a Notice of Intent to Terminate on August 11, 2009,...

‘Suspicious Timing’ of Discipline Does Not Establish Retaliation Against OfficerPast

Over the course of six months, Kenneth Kidwell, a 16-year veteran of the Danville, Illinois Police Department, publicly criticized several departmental officials at two police officers’ union meetin...