Legal Opinion
Hurst v. Department of Police
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 23, 2014No. 2014-CA-0119PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.
11 Robert Hurst appeals a City of New Orleans Civil Service Commission decision denying his appeal of an eighteen-day suspension for violations of the New Orleans Police Department’s rules on Professionalism and Instructions from an Authoritative Source. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
BACKGROUND:
The following facts are not in dispute: On the evening of February 24, 2011, Officer Hurst attended a fraternity party on Broadway Street in New Orleans, where he participated in a beer “chugging” challenge while in full police uniform and carrying his firearm. Sometime…
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