Bua v. Department of Police

DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.

|! This matter stems from a class action originally filed on behalf of six plaintiffs, all sergeants for the New Orleans Police Department (hereinafter “NOPD”), who each served as the commander of a platoon during some time period between 1996 and 1998. These plaintiffs maintained that the duties they were performing were those of the rank of lieutenant and notified the Director of Civil Service that they were working out of class, and were therefore entitled to additional compensation under the Civil Service rules. An investigation by the Civil Service Commission…