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Dear Mayor Breland:

You advise this office that the Town of Sterlington is a Lawrason Act municipality, governed by the provisions of R.S. 33:321, et seq. Because your question concerns the potential firing of a municipal police officer, we note that the Town of Sterlington is not subject to fire and police civil service law regarding the discharge of police officers as provided in R.S. 33:25311, et seq., because the town does not meet the population requirements imposed by law.2

In your letter to this office you state that Mr. Vince Hodnett is employed by the town as a police officer. Recent…