Deputy Sheriff Jay A. MacKenzie was terminated in 2004 for violating the department’s personal behavior rule after an off-duty incident involving a confrontation with an individual. MacKenzie had prior disciplinary incidents, including assaulting a taxicab driver while off duty and intoxicated, and twice reprimanded for disobeying orders. He sued for wrongful discharge and false imprisonment; the wrongful discharge claim was dismissed, but the false imprisonment claim was remanded for a new trial.
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