Arkansas State Police Commission v. Smith

Ray Thornton, Justice.

In this case, we review the decision of the appellant Arkansas State Police Commission (the Commission) to terminate an Arkansas State Police Officer, appellee Rhodis Smith, for violations of the Arkansas State Police’s Code of Conduct that requires all employees to obey all laws and prohibits unbecoming conduct that brings the employee or the department into disrespect or otherwise brings the department into disrepute. The Commission determined that appellee’s conduct in writing two hot checks and failing to make the checks good upon demand was a violation of the code,…