BEAULIEU v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 9602.

367 So.2d 32 (1978)

Wellington S. BEAULIEU v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Wessel, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Michael A. Starks, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and SCHOTT, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Officer Wellington Beaulieu was dismissed from the New Orleans Police Department by letter stating as cause that he fired at least one warning shot with his service revolver (expressly prohibited "for any purpose") while chasing a suspect, "struck the suspect with the tire tool [an x-shaped lug wrench that the suspect had been carrying] without provocation or justification," did not report discharging his revolver and, upon his revolver being inspected...

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