Lynch v. King

The mayor of Pawtucket, in his capacity as Public Safety Director, filed this petition for common law writ of certiorari seeking review of a decision of a hearing committee appointed pursuant to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, G.L. 1956 (1977 Reenactment) chapter 28.6 of title 42 (the Officers’ Bill of Rights). The committee comprised of one member appointed by the police chief, one member selected by the aggrieved officer, and a third member selected by the first two, imposed a 15-day suspension upon Patrolman Raymond J. Bardsley rather than dismissing him from the Pawtucket…