Snider v. Board of Trustees

HODGES, Justice.

Appellant was employed as a police officer with the Lawton Police Department for nearly five years before he was terminated due to a hearing loss which made him physically incapable of performing the regular field duties of a police officer. The appellant had requested that he be assigned to a service position that did not require the capability of performing regular field duties. However, he was told that no such position existed in the Lawton Police Department. On appeal to the City of Lawton Personnel Board (hereinafter City Board) the termination was affirmed.

At the same…