Drewery v. City of Roanoke

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

*610Three Roanoke City police officers have appealed the City Manager’s determination that complaints they have made are not “grievable.” The question for judicial review is a narrow one. I cannot decide whether the officers’ complaints have merit; I review only the decision that the officers failed to state a claim for which relief can be granted under the City’s grievance procedure.

Officer J. R. Drewery, Detective Scott Altizer, and Officer Susan A. Camper, the grievants, hold the rank of senior police officer in the Roanoke City police department. In separate…