Opinion ID: 2628052
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Jurgens properly preserved this issue for appeal.

Text: Jurgens preserved his argument regarding the appropriate standard of proof. During Jurgens's closing argument to the board, he argued that in a serious case like this of termination the standard of proof should be more than just by the greater weight or majority of the evidence. The city interrupted, and objected that Jurgens's argument was an improper statement of the law. Jurgens also submitted to the board an excerpt from a book entitled The Rights of Law Enforcement Officers, in which the author states that some courts and arbitrators have applied a clear and convincing evidence standard in police officer termination cases. And Jurgens argued the point in his opening brief to the superior court. Jurgens therefore preserved this issue for appeal by arguing it to the board and the superior court. [26]