Ryan v. City of Providence

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Before the Court is the appeal of John J. Ryan, a retired captain of the Providence Police Department. Ryan asks us to vacate a declaratory judgment of the Superi- or Court in which the trial justice held (1) that the city’s Honest Service Ordinance of the Providence Code of Ordinances (HSO) does not require that there be a criminal conviction before action properly may be taken to reduce or revoke a retiree’s pension, and (2) that any action taken by the city’s retirement board (the board) pursuant to the ordinance will be reviewed by the Superior Court…