PRICEVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Priceville Police Officer Garry Chapman is appealing the city council’s decision to suspend him for ten 12-hour shifts following a chase that led to a deadly crash in September.
Court records show the appeal was filed in Morgan County Circuit Court on Thursday. It states that the Priceville City Council’s decision to discipline Chapman was in error and that the council’s policies and procedures regarding the appeal hearing violated his right to due process.
Chapman was fired in late September and decided to appeal that decision to the city council, who voted unanimously to reinstate Chapman to the police department on Oct. 13, handing down the suspension and the promise of more training in the future…