Court rules cop back from doing mercenary work in Iraq not entitled to his old job - Good news story

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http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18340964&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7581&rfi=6

Judges disagree on hiring retired cops
A New Haven Regsiter editorial
05/15/2007


Unlike East Haven case, court rules cop back from Iraq not entitled to his old job.

A Superior Court judge in Hartford has breathed new hope into East Haven’s fight to keep former police Officer Robert Nappe from turning its personnel rules inside out.

Nappe is the cop who retired when the Police Department refused him a leave so he could work in Iraq as a police trainer for DynCorp, a State Department contractor.

When he came back, he asked for his old job back, citing a state law covering officers who serve in international peacekeeping operations. Noting that he had retired, the town refused. Nappe sued.

His case closely tracks that of Peter Barton, a former Bristol police sergeant who was also refused a leave of absence, retired and went to work for DynCorp in Iraq. Barton earned $122,000 in Iraq, $80,000 of which was tax free. Plus, he collected a pension equal to half and then 70 percent of his pay as a police officer.

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1. kick n/t

[LostinVA]

2. Good -- he wasn't in the Reserves or the Guard

He was a frigging mercenary who LEFT his job to make megabucks.

Too bad, too sad.

[AllegroRondo]

4. if he had enlisted, I could support him

but he gave up his job to sign up with another company. Sorry!

[LostinVA]

5. Exactly!

[countryjake]

3. kick