Legal Opinion
O'Donnell v. Police Commission & Police Trial Board
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 14, 1978PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdanski, J.
The plaintiff, a sergeant in the Greenwich police department, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from the action of the Greenwich police commission and trial board in suspending him and demoting him to the rank of a patrolman. The trial court sustained the plaintiff’s appeal and ordered him reinstated to the status of a sergeant with all pay and benefits lost.
The following facts are undisputed: On the night of December 19, 1971, the plaintiff and two fellow officers were at the Field Stone Terrace Restaurant in the town of Norwalk. As a result of an altercation which arose, all three…
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