Fraternal Order of Police v. City of Maple Heights

Nahra, Presiding Judge.

Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 67 (“F.O.P.”) appeals from the trial court’s decision which declared that the police promotional examination administered by the Maple Heights Civil Service Commission was in conformity with state law and qualified as a competitive examination, and that Maple Heights, as a charter municipality, was entitled to delegate the formulation of the examination to the civil service commission. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

F.O.P. and two Maple Heights police officers originally brought suit against Maple Heights, its mayor and…