Pfefer v. Board of Police Commissioners

CLARK, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether respondent, a police officer of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, acquired the status of permanent appointment after service as a probationary officer for a term of six months. At issue is the entitlement of respondent to a public hearing and removal only for cause, a condition not applicable to officers serving on probationary appointment. The trial court ruled that respondent had achieved the position of permanent appointment and was thus immune from summary discharge. We agree.

The facts of the case were essentially…