Simpson v. Handberry

SEBRING, J.:

J. E. Handberry, the appellee, was a police officer of regular status in the classified civil service of the City of Miami Beach, subject to Chapter 18696, Special acts of 1937 creating the civil service system, and to the rules of the Personnel Board promulgated thereunder.

On January 18,1947, Handberry was served with a written notice of his removal from employment by the Chief of Police and City Manager on the ground that he had been “guilty of conduct unbecoming an employee of the City;” this being a ground set out in the rules of the Personnel Board as constituting a cause for…