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CIVIL SERVICE COM'N OF CITY OF LITTLE ROCK v. GRIFFITH

No. 5-3414.

385 S.W.2d 643 (1965)

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, Appellant, v. B. A. GRIFFITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 11, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Kemp and Jack Young, Little Rock, for appellant.

Jack Holt, Jr., and Jack Holt, Sr., Little Rock, for appellee.

WARD, Justice.

Appellee, B. A. Griffith, a lieutenant on the Little Rock police force, was accused of mistreating Theo Shaw on September 15, 1963 while Shaw was in his custody on a suspicion charge. On September 24, 1963 the acting chief of police wrote to appellee stating his services were terminated for violation of that portion of the department rules and regulations which reads: "No officer shall wilfully mistreat or use unnecessary violence toward any person...

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