By Jim Cline and Sam Hagshenas
In Town of Steilacoom v. Teamsters Local 117, the PERC Arbitrator ruled that the Town of Steilacoom had just cause to terminate an officer with 32 years of service due to his mishandling of and subsequent false statements about two securing two wheelbarrows of firearms. The Arbitrator reasoned that the officer’s untruthfulness, disregard of policies and orders, and inability to acknowledge wrongdoing justified his termination.
