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HALFORD v. CITY OF TOPEKA

No. 55,448

234 Kan. 934 (1984)

677 P.2d 975

IN THE MATTER OF OFFICER GREGORY C. HALFORD, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF TOPEKA, a Municipal Corporation; THE TOPEKA POLICE AND FIRE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, an Agency of the City of Topeka, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Cox, assistant city attorney, argued the cause and Lori M. Callahan, legal intern, was with him on the brief for appellants.

Robert D. Hecht, of Scott, Quinlan & Hecht, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

Plaintiff Gregory C. Halford, a Topeka police officer, was suspended on December 17, 1980, for 15 days without pay by the defendant City's Chief of Police Fred Howard. The suspension was entered without a hearing. At the time of the suspension, the chief of police sent a letter to the defendant Topeka Police and Fire Department Civil Service Commission asking for plaintiff's termination and the Commission...

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