BROOKS v. BD. OF FIRE & POLICE COMM'RS

No. 5-87-0044.

181 Ill. App.3d 714 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 444

SHARON BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Merriwether, Jr., of East St. Louis, for appellants.

No brief filed for appellee.


Appeal dismissed.

JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 13, 1981, Bruce Morrison, then chief of the East St. Louis police department, filed written charges with the city's board of fire and police commissioners (hereinafter the Board) alleging that on two successive days patrol officer Sharon Brooks was guilty of "neglect of duty and being absent without permission from duty." Specifically, the charges alleged that Officer Brooks was...

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