Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Police Department v. Baker
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 29, 1989No. 88-995PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
This is a petition by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for review of an Order of the Office of Employee Appeals (OEA). We agree with the MPD that it presented evidence sufficient to support the termination of respondent, Officer Ronald Baker, and that the contrary findings of OEA were unsupported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we reverse.
An MPD adverse action panel upheld Officer Baker’s termination for conduct unbecoming an officer in that he “knew or should have known” that his wife had placed large sums of embezzled money in the couple’s bank…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Jones v. Police & Firemen's Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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- Office of the District of Columbia Controller v. FrostDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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