Lott v. Department of Public Safety & Corrections

J^SHORTESS, J.

Thomas A. Lott, a Louisiana State Police helicopter pilot, was fired in December 1995 for “dishonorable conduct unbecoming an officer” and “basic disloyalty to the State Police” after he allegedly wrote one anonymous letter and seven pseudonymous letters to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other public officials attacking his supervisor, Robert “Tim” Carbary. The letters, sent between 1990 and 1995, included allegations that Carbary was not medically fit, had illegally flown a- state police helicopter to an LSU football game, had publicly criticized the head of the…