Daniels v. Gillespie

GRIMES, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a temporary restraining order issued against appellant, Clearwater Police Chief, enjoining him from suspending appellee from the police force for violation of Fla.Stat. § 561.-25 (1975).

Fla.Stat. § 561.25 (1975) prohibits a policeman from owning an interest in or being employed in any manner by a business licensed under the beverage laws and dictates that a violation thereof shall result in suspension. On December 1, 1975, Police Chief Daniels sent a memorandum to the appellee pointing out that he had acquired an interest prohibited by the…