North v. De Witt County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission

The De Witt County Sheriff’s Department Merit Commission (Commission) ordered Sergeant Paul North discharged from the sheriff’s department. North filed a complaint pursuant to the Administrative Review Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 3 — 101 et seq.), seeking to set aside that decision. Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court’s affirmance of the Commission’s decision. We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

In September 1987, the De Witt County sheriff filed a complaint alleging that plaintiff had violated the following rules and regulations of the sheriff’s department:

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