Jamison v. City of Bridgeton

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Sergeant Gordon Jamison (Jamison), appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County upholding the decision of the City of Bridgeton Board of Police Commissioners (Board) reducing Jamison’s rank from sergeant to patrolman. We affirm.

Jamison was a shift commander on August 8,1988, on the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift of the Bridgeton Police Department. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Jamison and Officers Bartis and Metzker were dispatched to a public viewing area near Lambert Airport to investigate a report of a suspect selling drugs. While the…