Garrido v. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which denied a petition for administrative review of a decision of the Cook County Sheriffs Merit Board (Merit Board) to discharge petitioner, Charmaine Garrido, after it found that she was in violation of the sheriffs office drug-free workplace policy.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner was hired by the Cook County sheriffs office (Sheriff) in January 1990 and was continuously employed there as a deputy sheriff until her termination in January 2001. Since April 26, 1993, the sheriff’s office has had in effect a drug-free workplace policy.…