Police officer petitioned for writ of certiorari challenging denial of promotion based on results of civil service test conducted by municipal police and fire civil service commission. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Police officer appealed.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota held that civil service commission impermissibly failed to consider “records” during police promotional process.
Municipal police and fire civil service commission failed to consider records kept in the regular course of the administration of civil service, and therefore violated statute governing civil service commissions in police promotional process, where promotional process included only a written examination, consisting of 40 percent of the applicant’s total score, and an oral interview, consisting of 60 percent of the applicant’s total score.