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HENDERSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 83-603, 84-220, 83-610 and 84-202.

493 A.2d 982 (1985)

Vernon HENDERSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. Vernon HENDERSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine R. Gennet and Nicholas S. McConnell, Washington, D.C., for Henderson.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for District of Columbia, et al.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and TERRY, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

This case presents a saga of what may be called—to paraphrase Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill—less than "the finest hour" of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of this city. MPD received information from a citizen which caused them to suspect that Henderson, a police officer then with nine years on the force, was a thief. The matter was ultimately referred to the Internal Affairs Division of the Police Department (IAD...

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