Legal Opinion
City & Borough of Sitka v. Swanner
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1982No. 6293PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIMOND, Senior Justice.
James Swanner was a captain in the Police Department (department) of the City and Borough of Sitka (Sitka). During the winter and spring of 1980 problems developed within the department which prompted an off-duty meeting of concerned employees. The meeting was held on April 3, and Captain Swanner attended. The police officers drafted two letters at the meeting which expressed their dissatisfaction with certain department policies.
The first letter expressed the patrol officers’ concern regarding a patrol vehicle they considered to be unsafe, but were being…
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