Jones v. Peoria County Sheriff's Merit Commission

This case involves review of the Peoria County circuit court’s order requiring the defendant, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Merit Commission (commission), to impose discipline short of the commission’s original order of discharge of the plaintiff from the sheriff’s department. We reverse the circuit court’s order.

Plaintiff, Charles Jones (Jones), is a lieutenant employed by the Peoria County sheriff’s department. In August 1988, defendant George Shadid (Shadid), sheriff of Peoria County, was informed by the department’s fleet manager that vehicle No. 741, an unmarked squad car, had an unusually…