Mayo v. Fulton County

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Fulton County Sheriff Jacqueline Barrett terminated Deputy Sheriff Melvin Mayo after Mayo tested positive for cocaine during a random drug test. Mayo appealed to the Fulton County Personnel Board, which upheld the termination. We granted Mayo’s application for discretionary appeal following the Fulton County Superior Court’s affirmance of the Board’s decision. Concluding that the superior court did not err, we affirm.

1. Mayo contends that the superior court erred in finding that Barrett had the authority to promulgate the random drug testing program. He does not argue…