City schedules hearing for EPD officer removed from duty

An appeal hearing has been scheduled next week for former Elizabethtown Police Officer James Richardson, who was removed from duty in December following a suspension.

City Attorney D. Dee Shaw said the hearing before the city’s civil service commission is scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 24 in the Elizabethtown City Hall council chambers.

Richardson is represented by local attorney Mike Moulton.

Neither the city nor the police department have explained what led to Richardson’s termination. In a previous statement to The News-Enterprise, Shaw said the city could not release that information until the conclusion of Richardson’s appeal.