Legal Opinion
Talmo v. Civil Service Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 14, 1991No. Docket Nos. B041326, B046777PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
The central issue in this case is whether the civil service commission abused its discretion in upholding the discharge of a deputy sheriff who committed batteries on two prisoners, uttered threats and racial slurs against a co-employee and lied about these actions to his superiors. After hacking our way through a thicket of procedural issues, we conclude the commission acted well within its discretion in discharging Deputy Brent Talmo.
Facts
The commission’s findings of fact are uncontested.
Deputy Talmo was discharged by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for…
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