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<strong>The</strong> Limitations of Constitutional<br />

<strong>and</strong> Legal Protections<br />

Courts are generally holding that off-duty conduct<br />

that negatively reflects upon the Department or<br />

has even the potential to disrupt the Department<br />

can form the basis for discipline.<br />

“Police officers <strong>and</strong> firefighters alike are<br />

quintessentially public servants. As such, part of<br />

their job is to safeguard the public's opinion of<br />

them, particularly with regard to a community's<br />

view of the respect that police officers <strong>and</strong><br />

firefighters accord the members of that<br />

community.” Locurto v. Giuliani.<br />

©Ruckelshaus Kautzman Blackwell Bemis & Hasbrook 2012<br />

©Andrew R. Duncan 2012

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