Police Protective Ass'n v. City of Rock Springs

ROSE, Chief Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether the City of Rock Springs may repeal its 40-year-old election decision that it be governed by the state police department civil service statutes. We hold that it may, but we further hold that the City was not free to establish a new civil service or "merit" system through the enactment of an ordinance which did not adopt the applicable provisions of the statutes.

Much of the background of this case is reviewed in an opinion published last year. City of Rock Springs v. Police Protective Association, Wyo., 610 P.2d 975 (1980). In…