Opinion ID: 495206
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Administrative proceedings against Stevens

Text: 28 On August 25, 1985, the MPD gave Stevens notice that the Department proposed to remove her from the police force because of the arrest episode. Stevens requested review by an MPD Adverse Action Panel. A three-member panel, at a hearing which ran several days, received documentary and testimonial evidence. Stevens was represented by counsel. On May 22, 1986, the panel recommended Stevens' removal from the MPD. 29 Substantially crediting the Stover-Harasek account, the panel found that Stevens had in fact honked her horn unnecessarily, failed to display her driver's license and registration, refused to yield to Stover's police vehicle, resisted arrest, attempted escape, operated her car under the influence of alcohol, and used marijuana. 14 Further, the panel found that any injuries Stevens sustained were the result of her fighting with, and resisting arrest by, the Park Police. 15 On May 29, 1986, the MPD adopted the panel's decision, 16 and on June 20, Stevens was removed from the police force. Stevens appealed the MPD's decision to the Office of Employee Appeals, see D.C. CODE ANN. Sec. 1-606.3 (1981); that appeal remains pending.