Petraitis v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Plaintiff, Harry Petraitis, a police officer on the Palos Hills police department, was tried by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Palos Hills (hereinafter the Board) on six charges of official misconduct. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board found plaintiff guilty of three acts of misconduct and discharged him from the force. He then filed this administrative review proceeding in the circuit court of Cook County seeking to reverse the Board’s order. The court ruled that the Board’s finding of cause for plaintiff’s discharge was against the manifest weight of the…