Opinion No.

The Honorable Jay Bradford State Senator P.O. Box 8367 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611

Dear Senator Bradford:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on several questions concerning the Pine Bluff Civil Service Commission. Specifically, you have asked four questions about the Commission's authority to investigate and take action against a police detective who is alleged to have used profane language to a secretary in the division. You have essentially asked what the Commission's authority is to investigate the incident upon 1) a third party complaint (in this case at the insistence of an…