TPD Captain disciplined for refusing..

[Townsend]

TW FB post:

A Tulsa police captain who refused to attend a "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" at the Islamic Society of Tulsa will receive half of the pay that was withheld while he was suspended and his old assignment back following an arbitrator's ruling last week.

[Townsend]

TW FB:

A federal judge ruled in favor of the city of Tulsa on Thursday in a lawsuit filed by a Tulsa police captain who refused to attend a Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at an Islamic mosque.

[Teatownclown]

TW FB:

A federal judge ruled in favor of the city of Tulsa on Thursday in a lawsuit filed by a Tulsa police captain who refused to attend a Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at an Islamic mosque.

Good Judge!

What's the punishment? Learn to get along with superiors....and read the Koran?

[DolfanBob]

Good Judge!

What's the punishment? Learn to get along with superiors....and read the Koran?

Kind of along the lines of learn Spanish. It will benefit you in the long run.

[Townsend]

US Court Affirms Ruling against Tulsa Officer

http://kwgs.com/post/us-court-affirms-ruling-against-tulsa-officer

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling for the city of Tulsa in a civil rights complaint by a police captain who didn't want to attend an event at a mosque.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the decision Thursday in the case of Captain Paul Fields, who was punished for objecting to orders that he attend a law-enforcement appreciation event at the Islamic Society of Tulsa.

The city issued suspensions saying Fields was disobedient and engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer. Fields sued, alleging his rights were violated. But the appeals court says the order did not violate his personal religious beliefs.

Fields' lawyer, Robert Joseph Muise of the American Freedom Law Center, says he disagrees with the ruling and will request a new hearing.