CITY OF RICHFIELD v. LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVS.

A17-1275.

910 N.W.2d 465 (2018)

CITY OF RICHFIELD, Appellant, v. LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES, INC., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed April 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marylee Abrams , Tiffany L. Schmidt , Abrams & Schmidt LLC, White Bear Lake, Minnesota (for appellant).

Isaac Kaufman , Kimberley Sobieck , Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc., Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (for respondent).

James P. Michels , Erik Bal , Rice, Michels & Walther LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amici curiae Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, Bloomington Police Federation and Duluth Police Union).

Susan L. Naughton , League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amici curiae League of Minnesota Cities and Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association).

Gregg M. Corwin , Joshua D. Hegarty , Gregg M. Corwin & Associate Law Office, P.C., St. Louis Park, Minnesota (for amicus curiae American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5).

Teresa L. Joppa , Moorhead, Minnesota (for amicus curiae American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 65).

Kevin M. Beck , Joseph A. Kelly , Kelly & Lemmons, P.A., Little Canada, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Teamsters Local No. 320 and Teamsters Local 346).

Robert A. Alsop , Kennedy & Graven Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association).

Christopher K. Wachtler , Wachtler Law Office, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amici curiae Minnesota Conservation Officers Association, St. Paul Police Federation, and Woodbury Police Officers Association).

Timothy J. Louris , M. William O'Brien , Emily L. Marshall , Miller O'Brien Jensen, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amici curiae Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1005, Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 160, Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 949, Int'l Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49, Int'l Union of Operating Engineers, Local 70).

Considered and decided by Halbrooks, Presiding Judge; Connolly, Judge; and Reilly, Judge.


OPINION

Appellant City of Richfield terminated a police officer after an internal investigation concluded that the officer (1) used excessive force during an encounter on October 3, 2015, (2) failed to report this use of force, and (3) violated his training and the standards of conduct expected of a Richfield police officer...

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