Firemen's & Policemen's Civil Service Commission v. Martinez

OPINION

BASKIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment ordering reinstatement of police officer Roberto Martinez. Appellants Homero A. Martinez, Vincente Garza, Jr., Fernando L. Pena and the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission of the City of Laredo, (Commission), now seek reversal of the trial court’s judgment and affirmance of a prior decision rendered by the Commission. The basic facts of the case are not in dispute.

Police Chief Victor L. Garcia indefinitely suspended Officer Martinez. He wrote a statement of charges, sending the original to the Commission, with a copy to…