Pearce v. University of Louisville ex rel. Board of Trustees

University of Louisville Department of Public Safety Officer Jeffery Pearce and Mt. Washington Police Sergeant Stephen Hill were both disciplined by their respective police departments. Pearce’s employment was terminated. Hill was suspended for five days, demoted, and given a shift reassignment.

*762The disciplinary process that culminated in these officers’ punishments originated within their own departments, not by a complaint from a citizen. Following the imposition of their sanctions, both officers filed suit in circuit court alleging that they were entitled to the protections provided in…