In Re Civil Service Charges & Specifications Against Radlinger

Wolff, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} The city of Dayton (“the city”) appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which dismissed the civil service charges and specifications against William P. Radlinger (“Radlinger”).

{¶ 2} Radlinger is a police officer with the city. On January 26, 1999, he failed to appear in court to testify in a criminal case because he had to take his father to a doctor’s appointment. However, he lied to the prosecutor’s office and the police department about his reason for being absent, stating that he had been investigating a homicide. The city filed…