Davenport v. Bd. of Fire & Police Commissioners

How courts have described this case

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• maintaining discipline in police department is necessary “for the proper functioning of the department” and in order to preserve “the respect of the public”
• maintaining discipline in police department is necessary \for the proper functioning of the department\ and in order to preserve \the respect of the public\
• discharge upheld where officer attempted “to take the law into his own hands” by knocking down and hitting an individual with whom he was arguing
• municipality acted reasonably in discharging officer who, while off duty, attacked civilian without provocation
• municipality acted reasonably in discharging officer who, while off duty, attacked civilian without provocation
• in reviewing decision of a board of fire and police commissioners to discharge an officer, stating that discipline is necessary for the proper functioning of the police department and to keep the respect of the public

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).