Cummings v. Civil Service Commission

Opinion

WOODS (Fred), J.

Because the civil service commission acted well within its discretion in discharging Deputy Probation Officer Earl Cummings, Jr., for misusing his authority, violating confidential records, and lying to other governmental officials and his own superiors, we affirm the judgment.

We also affirm the principles Justice Johnson expressed recently and well for this unanimous court: a deputy probation officer’s “job is a position of trust and the public has a right to the highest standard of behavior from those they invest with the power and authority of a law enforcement…