Mississippi Department of Public Safety v. Johnson

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After pleading guilty in 1999 to a felony charge of embezzlement, Augustus Johnson, a police officer with the Itta Bena Police Department, was discharged from employment. Pursuant to regulations, his certification as a law-enforcement officer was returned to the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training (the Board) for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Nine years later, Johnson applied for a position as a patrol officer with the Mississippi Valley State University campus police (MVSU), which requested that the Board reinstate Johnson’s…