COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that a former Mississippi police officer filed after he was fired.
The Commercial Dispatch reported that the Columbus City Council removed Reginald Adams from his job as a Columbus Police Department investigator in March 2019. He filed a lawsuit in May 2020, claiming wrongful termination and violation of privacy.
The lawsuit said three council members improperly disclosed to the newspaper that Adams would be disciplined for driving a police vehicle to another city to apply for a job, and that he did it while on duty and without permission.
Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton learned of the incident when the Indianola police chief called and said he had seen Adams applying to become chief in Moorhead, about a two-hour drive from Columbus.
U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock dismissed Adams’ lawsuit Wednesday for failure to state a claim, meaning Adams presented too little evidence to prove he was fired unjustly. The dismissal order said violation of privacy only occurs when the information shared is not a matter of public concern.
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