Lindgren v. City of Crystal

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County affirming the decision of the Civil Service Commission of the city of Crystal, Minnesota, discharging relator, Robert Lindgren. Relator had been employed by the city of Crystal as a police officer for 14 years, attaining the rank of lieutenant.

On January 27,1970, in the company of another officer who was similarly charged, he spent the day with an informant endeavoring to ascertain facts concerning burglaries in the Crystal area. It is an accepted practice for police officers while interviewing informants to meet in…