Wetherington v. N.C. Department of Crime Control & Public Safety

McGEE, Judge.

Thomas C. Wetherington (“Petitioner”) was employed as a trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (“Respondent”) on 29 March 2009. A complaint was filed against Petitioner on 21 May 2009 with the Internal Affairs unit of Respondent, alleging that Petitioner had violated Respondent’s Truthfulness policy. Respondent dismissed Petitioner on 4 August 2009 for violating the Truthfulness policy.

Petitioner filed a petition for a contested case hearing in the Office of Administrative Hearings on 23 October 2009, challenging his dismissal. The administrative law judge (the…