A Step Toward Justice
Monday evening, the Police Civil Service Commission met for the first time in front of cameras for live cable broadcast. The hot topic of the evening was former Deputy Chief John Banick. Their decided to assert their statutory powers over hiring and firing of police officers, by ordering Banick reinstated as a lieutenant, the position he held before his promotion to the Deputy Chief position.
This morning's Pioneer Press has an article about it you can read online, in case it's not in your edition of the paper or you don't see it in hard copy.
It sounds like Banick may not actually be on the job for a while, since the city asserts that the Commission lacks the authority that statute clearly grants them. I imagine that the Commission's ruling can only help Banick's court case, however.
This morning's Pioneer Press has an article about it you can read online, in case it's not in your edition of the paper or you don't see it in hard copy.
It sounds like Banick may not actually be on the job for a while, since the city asserts that the Commission lacks the authority that statute clearly grants them. I imagine that the Commission's ruling can only help Banick's court case, however.
posted by Frostbrand @ 8:58 AM
1 Comments:
At 11:25 AM,
Anonymous said…
I think the Police Civil Service Commission is handling this in a very smart way. They seam to be saying to the city, "Fine. You have the authority to reorganize and eliminate the POSITION, but you do not have the authority to choose the PERSON who is going to be eliminated."
In my eyes, the city's reaction to this Civil Service motion only strengthens the argument that this was about eliminating John Banick and not about eliminating the position.
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