Heinen v. Police Personnel Board of Jefferson City

SMART, Judge.

Herbert Heinen appeals the decision of the Police Personnel Board of Jefferson City, a third-class charter city under § 77.010, RSMo 1994, upholding his dismissal from employment as a police officer. The Circuit Court of Cole County denied his petition for review of the Board’s decision. On appeal, Heinen alleges that (1) the Board’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence on the record, and (2) he was denied due process during the post-termination hearing in that he was not permitted to cross-examine the chief of the department concerning the chiefs prior personnel…