Washington v. City of Los Angeles CA2/2
Boris Washington, a Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), appeals from a judgment denying his Petition for Writ of Mandate seeking to overturn the decision of an LAPD Board of Rights (the Board) to suspend him for 10 days without pay. The Board found that Washington violated an LAPD policy requiring officers to call for emergency medical care whenever a detainee requests it. Washington contends that: (1) the trial court applied the wrong legal standard in reviewing the Board’s decision; (2) the evidence is not sufficient to support that decision; and (3) the LAPD policy in question violates due process by failing to provide fair notice about what constitutes an “emergency” and how much time an officer has to call for emergency medical care after receiving a request for such care. We disagree with all three contentions and therefore affirm.
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