Firemen's & Policemen's Civil Service Commission of Galveston v. Bonds

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Earl Bonds (appellee), a policeman with the City of Galveston Police Department, was indefinitely suspended from duty on August 24,1981, after a hearing before the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission of Galveston. Bonds’ suspension was due to “conduct prejudicial to the good order,” a violation of the local civil service rules. It was charged that Bonds had made sexual advances on a 20 year-old female whom he had arrested for shoplifting and was transporting to jail. Bonds appealed to the district court, and obtained judgment, reinstating him to the position of…