Chaisson v. Department of Police

GARRISON, Judge.

Appellant, Lawrence Chaisson, appeals from a ruling of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans denying his request for increased compensation. In a letter received by the Civil Service Commission on December 16, 1985, the appellant, a sergeant with the New Orleans Police Department, requested that he be compensated according to the pay scale applicable for lieutenants in the police department. This request was made because the appellant was assigned in May 1985 as a platoon commander which he alleged is a position normally filled by a police lieutenant and…