Borlin v. Civil Service Com'n of Council Bluffs

HARRIS, Justice.

Petitioner, a police officer, was fired by his department chief for refusing to discontinue his secondary vocation as a voice stress analyst. Borlin appealed his dismissal to the Council Bluffs civil service commission. After the commission ruled in support of the chief Borlin sought review by the district court, pursuant to Iowa Code section 400.27 (1981). The district court reversed the commission and ordered reinstatement. We agree with the police chief, and the commission, that there was a potential conflict of interest between Borlin’s duties as a police officer and his…