ADAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 2008-CA-0468.

7 So.3d 763 (2009)

Nikia ADAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Burkart, III, Amanda A. Trosclair, Burkart & Associates, LLC, Covington, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Penya Moses-Fields, City Attorney, Victor L. Papai, Jr., Assistant City Attorney, Nolan P. Lambert, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Benjamin D. Simpson, Law Clerk, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR. and Judge PAUL A. BONIN).


Officer Nikia Adams of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) appeals a decision of the Civil Service Commission for the City of New Orleans (the Commission) denying her appeal and upholding the one day suspension imposed by the appointing authority, the NOPD Superintendent. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Officer Adams is employed as a Police Officer I with permanent status. She was hired on December 16, 2001 and was promoted to her current class on February...

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