Zimmerly Const. Co. v. Industrial Com‪.‬

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County affirming the action of the OFallon Board of Fire & Police Commissioners discharging the appellant from his position as patrolman for the OFallon Police Department. Appellant had commenced employment with the police department on June 26, 1973. In a monthly meeting after he assumed his new duties as chief of police on September 1, 1973, the chief of police orally outlined a new departmental dress code concerning the permissible length of hair and sideburns. On November 23, 1973, the appellant was temporarily suspended for failure to comply with the grooming order issued by the chief of police. A hearing before the OFallon Board of Fire & Police Commissioners was held on December 15, 1973, and the Board subsequently ordered that the appellant be discharged from the police force.