Howard v. Department of Police

GULOTTA, Judge.

Melvin Howard, a New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) motorcycle police officer, was suspended for twenty days for working a paid detail at Liberty Bank during working hours with the NOPD. The Civil Service Commission upheld the suspension imposed by the appointing authority. We affirm.

Plaintiff contends the findings of the Commission were based upon hearsay evidence and are manifestly erroneous. According to plaintiff, the Liberty Bank time card offered into evidence was based on “hearsay testimony”. Plaintiff argues that the best evidence of the Bank’s time cards are the…