Launius v. BD. OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RS OF CITY OF DES PLAINES

Plaintiff, Clifford Launius, was discharged from his job as a police officer with the Des Plaines police department (the department). He filed a complaint for administrative review in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendants,' the board of fire and police commissioners of the City of Des Plaines (the board) and Joseph Kozenczak, chief of police of the City of Des Plaines. The court affirmed the board’s order and plaintiff appealed. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, reversed and remanded the matter to the board so that it could consider a more appropriate…