McAlpin v. Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission

John B. McAlpin, Chief of the Sneads Police Department, appeals the Criminal Justice and Standards Training Commission’s Final Order suspending his law enforcement certification for eighteen months, to be followed by two years’ probationary reinstatement. He argues that the procedure followed by the Commission, including having the prosecutor act as staff to the Commission at the final hearing, was contrary to law; the findings of fact of the administrative law judge (ALJ) were not supported by competent substantial evidence; and the ALJ’s conclusions of law were erroneous. We conclude that…