Jonathan Burnette v. New Orleans Police Department
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Opinion
JONATHAN BURNETTE * NO. 2023-CA-0684
VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL
NEW ORLEANS POLICE * FOURTH CIRCUIT DEPARTMENT * STATE OF LOUISIANA
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RML LEDET, J., CONCURS WITH REASONS
Officer Jonathan Burnette is charged with a single instance of violating the
following New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) rule:
Employees shall not post any material on the internet including but not limited to photos, videos, word documents, etc. that violates any local, state, or federal law, and/or embarrasses, humiliates, discredits or harms the operations and reputation of the Police Department or any of its members.
V I. Rule 3: Professional Conduct; Paragraph 13: Social Networking Websites,
Facebook, MySpace, Print or Transmitted Media. Officer Burnette made the post
during a national law enforcement conference.
Based on the circumstances of the case, I cannot find that the NOPD’s
imposition of a five-day suspension was an abuse of discretion. For these reasons, I
concur in the majority’s decision to affirm.
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