PALMER v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 97-CA-1593.

706 So.2d 658 (1998)

Karl PALMER v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. DeSalvo, Frank G. DeSalvo, P.L.C., New Orleans, for Appellee.

Avis Marie Russell, City Attorney, Franz L. Zibilich, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Joseph V. DiRosa, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, New Orleans, for Appellant Department of Police.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and CIACCIO, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) from a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans reversing a two day suspension imposed on police officer Karl Palmer for misconduct.

The facts are not in dispute. While Officer Palmer was working a detail at Cohen High School, he arrested a juvenile student for theft of bus tokens and lunch passes worth approximately six dollars. He stayed with the...

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