Crittenden v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Plaintiff, Sergeant J. David Crittenden, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming the decision of the board of fire and police commissioners of the Village of Arlington Heights removing him from the village’s police department. In his appeal plaintiff contends that (1) certain evidentiary rulings by the board denied him a fair hearing; (2) the board’s decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (3) the penalty of discharge was too severe.

We affirm.

Pertinent to our disposition is the following. Police Officer Patrick Kennedy, after first having been…