Alonzo v. Department of Police

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The appellants, forty-eight police officers with the New Orleans Police department, are appealing the Civil Service Commission’s decision that they failed to prove that they were not promoted to the rank of sergeant because of political or sexual discrimination. We affirm the Commission’s decision.

Appellants, the forty-eight police officers, were in the sixth band of police officers who had passed the sergeant’s examination. The Superintendent of Police promoted the first five bands and made four appointments from the sixth band. The forty-eight police officers claim that the…