Mahaffey v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N OF CITY

CARTER, Justice.

This action was commenced under Iowa Code section 400.27 (1983) to challenge the action of the Civil Service Commission of West Des Moines discharging the appellant, Michael Mahaffey, from his employment as a police officer for that city. The district court heard the evidence de novo and upheld the discharge. We affirm the district court.

The commission’s action resulted from its finding that on May 30, 1981, Officer Ma-haffey unnecessarily discharged his firearm in violation of police department rules and regulations, an act which the commission found to be “misconduct, ...…