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ARIZONA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. DOWD

No. 1 CA-CIV 3117.

117 Ariz. 423 (1977)

573 P.2d 497

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, the Law Enforcement Merit System Council and its members, V.C. Foster, Chairman, J.F. Shahan and E.A. Vitolins, and Lloyd Robertson, Acting Director, Department of Public Safety, Appellants, v. William J. DOWD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1977.

Review Denied January 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., by Jon M. Memmott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellants Law Enforcement Merit System Council.

Randy H. Wakefield, Sp. Counsel, Ariz. Dept. of Public Safety, Phoenix, for appellant Ariz. Dept. of Public Safety.

Sullivan, Mahoney & Tang by William P. Mahoney, Jr., Phoenix, for appellee.

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

The questions raised on this appeal concern the propriety under applicable merit system rules of Officer William J. Dowd's discharge from his employment with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

On November 15, 1974, Officer Dowd's employment was terminated by the acting director of the Department of Public Safety. Pursuant to applicable merit system rules, he requested a hearing before the Law Enforcement Merit System Council...

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