Anthony Melkowski v. The board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri

Anthony Melkowski (“Melkowski”) seeks judicial review of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners’ (“Board”) decision to terminate his employment with the Kansas City Police Department (“Department”) because he violated personnel policies addressing the use of profanity, the use of force, and repeated discipline. Melkowski argues that the Board erred in terminating his employment because it failed to consider a legal bulletin describing the reasonable use of force and because it exceeded its jurisdiction by terminating him in reliance on a personnel policy that was not identified in his…