Feltz v. Hesselback

KAROHL, Presiding Judge.

Defendants-appellants, the Florissant Personnel Commission, appeal the trial court judgment reversing the Personnel Commission decision sustaining the demotion of plaintiff police officer. The trial court found the Personnel Commission decision to be “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and unsupported by competent evidence of the whole record” and reversed the decision.

The Florissant Chief of Police demoted plaintiff from the rank of sergeant to the rank of patrolman, based on four violations of the City of Florissant’s personnel code. Plaintiff filed a…