NATION v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 80CA1231.

685 P.2d 227 (1984)

Robert NATION, Gary Hanes, Larry Fenstermaker, Douglas Noe, Robert Lender, James Tippel, George Johnson, Buster Stevens, Forest Anderson, Fred Bustillos, Eddie Ornelas, and Charles Kaptain, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a Municipal Corporation; William H. McNichols, Mayor, City and County of Denver; Daniel P. Cronin, Manager of Safety, City and County of Denver; Arthur C. Dill, Chief of Police of the City and County of Denver; The Civil Service Commission of the City and County of Denver, consisting of: Ted Bach, Jesse Manzanares and Oswald Abernathy, and Robert Danhour, Defendants-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 5, 1984.

Certiorari Denied August 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geer & Goodwin, P.C., Robert E. Goodwin, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Robert D. Dowler, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for defendants-appellants.


BERMAN, Judge.

Defendants appeal, first, the trial court's ruling that Denver's chief of police was without authority to alter the badges of plaintiffs (police radio engineers) to read: "Radio Engineers" instead of "Denver Police"; and, second, the trial court's order permanently enjoining defendants from treating plaintiffs as other than police officers. We reverse.

On September 3, 1976, the defendant police chief...

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