COLUMBUS, OHIO
Two Ohio Highway Patrol troopers fired for taking part in a KKK-type costume prank have been ordered reinstated to their jobs.
An arbitrator ruled Tuesday that the May 2 firing violated the union's contract with the state.
The Ohio State Troopers Association had fought the dismissal of Craig Franklin and Eric Wlodarsky of the Sandusky post.
Franklin and Wlodarsky are to be reinstated with back pay and benefits, and the state cannot appeal the ruling.
Gov. Ted Strickland had asked that the men be fired after a patrol investigation found that on the day before Martin Luther King Day in January, Franklin put on a white cone, mask and cloth, and Wlodarsky took a photo with his cell phone and sent it to a colleague.
Strickland's spokesman said Wednesday that the governor is disappointed by the ruling but the administration will comply with it.
Two Ohio Highway Patrol troopers fired for taking part in a KKK-type costume prank have been ordered reinstated to their jobs.
An arbitrator ruled Tuesday that the May 2 firing violated the union's contract with the state.
The Ohio State Troopers Association had fought the dismissal of Craig Franklin and Eric Wlodarsky of the Sandusky post.
Franklin and Wlodarsky are to be reinstated with back pay and benefits, and the state cannot appeal the ruling.
Gov. Ted Strickland had asked that the men be fired after a patrol investigation found that on the day before Martin Luther King Day in January, Franklin put on a white cone, mask and cloth, and Wlodarsky took a photo with his cell phone and sent it to a colleague.
Strickland's spokesman said Wednesday that the governor is disappointed by the ruling but the administration will comply with it.
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WTF??? I don't know if they should lose their jobs, but they do need some serious discipline.
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