Legal Opinion
Turney v. Civil Service Commission
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 16, 2009No. 08CA0215PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CONNELLY.
Denver Police Officer James Turney challenges his ten-month suspension for tactical errors preceding his fatal shooting of a developmentally disabled fifteen-year-old boy who had been wielding a knife. Denver's Civil Service Commission, reversing an administrative hearing officer, upheld the suspension. Turney sought judicial review under C.R.C.P. 106(a)(d);, the district court affirmed the commission; and Turney now appeals.
Though the shooting itself was not alleged to have violated the department's use-of-force policy, Turney was suspended for violating a provision…
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