City of Asbury Park v. Department of Civil Service

The opinion of the court was delivered by

William J. Brennan, Jr., J.

After a hearing on charges, the City Manager of Asbury Park suspended Cecil Reed, a policeman, for six months without pay for conduct unbecoming a police officer. Reed appealed to the Civil Service Commission which heard the matter de novo and reversed the action. The case is here on certification on our own motion of the city’s appeal to the Appellate Division.

Part of the testimony before the Civil Service Commission was heard by one member and part by two other members. The city’s principal witnesses, two girls, Dianne…