Want access to unlimited case records and advanced research tools? Create your free CasePortal account now. No credit card required to register.
Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Hagedorn finds the circuit court and court of appeals properly upheld the police oversight board's decision affirming the chief of police's decision to fire the officer after an internal investigation into Facebook posts the officer made in the days and months after the 2018 arrest of Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown, posts which the chief described as "inappropriate, disrespectful and defamatory." The officer's procedural challenges to his termination fail, including because there was no infringement of due process in the chief's explanation to the officer about what policies he violated, evidence supporting the violations and why he was being fired instead of receiving less severe discipline, and his opportunity to respond and defend himself against the charges. Affirmed.