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Ohio officer fired for speeding gets job back
TweetPublished: Wed, March 10, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio police officer fired for off-duty speeding on his motorcycle at nearly 150 mph has gotten his job back.
Deputy Chief Kenneth Bell of the Gahanna department in suburban Columbus says officer Christopher Thomas was ordered back through binding arbitration.
Gahanna fired Thomas, who’s 33, in August. But an arbitrator told the department it lacked just cause.
Thomas was riding with off-duty state trooper Jason Highsmith in June when the two were pulled over on Interstate 70 near Buckeye Lake. Both pleaded guilty to speeding citations.
Bell says Thomas is again part of the force, but he remains on injury leave for a 2008 on-duty accident. Highsmith received a five-day suspension.
Comments
How can the chief fire him for a off duty incident that is just a mm?
Hope this officer got all of his back pay and then some..
Ok. Off duty incident, job back, get it. But how does someone who is off from his job since 2008 for an on duty incident ride a motorcycle at 150 MPH? Must not have been a physical injury(?)
150 mph is reckless op, a little heavier than a mm. Not the crime of the century but definately stupid. If you were someones boss would you fire him for a traffic incident that happened on his own time?