Fraternal Order of Police, Gator, etc. v. City of Gainesville, Florida

This appeal presents two issues of first impression concerning the availability of compliance review hearings under section 112.534, Florida Statutes,1 to review alleged intentional violations of the rights afforded to law enforcement officers and correctional officers by part VI of chapter 112, Florida Statutes, which is commonly referred to as the Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) Bill of Rights. The issues are (1) whether an officer under investigation by his or her agency for a disciplinary matter is entitled to a compliance review hearing to review alleged violations of the LEO Bill of…