IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF THE STATE OF RIDGEWAY
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DOCKET NO. RSC-AD-2534
Plaintiff
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Palmer Police Department
Defendant
ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM
Andysofun, preceding without counsel, brings this administrative claim against the Palmer Police
Department and alleges the following;
JURISDICTION
1. This court has the authority to hear this case under 2 R. Stat. § 3117, because the plaintiff alleges
that there was clear and factual error in the issuance of the administrative demerit and that the
defined offense is ambiguous.
2. Andysofun is an employee of the Palmer Police Department, currently ranked Patrol Officer and
on active duty.
3. The Palmer Police Department is a law enforcement agency in the State of Ridgeway, and is
subject to the laws and regulations of the State.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
4. On the 13th of March, 2024, andysofun was issued an administrative demerit under the reason,
“Failure to complete log cycle 03/04/2024 - 03/10/2024”.
5. However, on the 10th of March, 2024, at about 10 PM EST, andysofun submitted a patrol log
certifying that he had patrolled 30 minutes that day.
6. Andysofun submitted that patrol log through the “ridgeLOG” discord bot, and the patrol log
successfully submitted.
7. As a result of andysofun not being personally notified that the administrative demerit was issued,
andysofun only noticed that he had an administrative demerit on the 18th of March, 2024.
8. When andysofun noticed the administrative demerit, andysofun messaged Lieutenant xEmvxa
and told xEmvxa that he believed the administrative demerit was erroneously issued.
9. xEmvxa attempted to justify the issuance of the administrative demerit on the basis that the week
already ended in the Central European time zone, and therefore andysofun submitted his patrol
log after the week ended.
10. xEmvxa told andysofun that Patrol Command ordered all officers to submit patrol logs before the
deadline, which xEmvxa asserted would be Sunday 11:59 pm Central European time.
11. After xEmvxa told andysofun all this, xEmvxa stated that the warning would not be removed.
STATEMENT OF POLICY AND LAW
12. The warning issued to andysofun on the 13th of March, 2024, was issued in clear factual error
and under ambiguous circumstances.
13. Under Palmer Police Department policy, being issued a warning for inactivity places the
employee in jeopardy of more severe future discipline (PPD SOP 501.7), and places a disability
on the employee through not being able to honorably resign (PPD SOP 502.2).
14. Therefore, andysofun’s warning for failing to complete the log cycle falls under the definition of
an administrative demerit (2 R. Stat. § 3115).
15. As listed in the reason for the warning, andysofun was issued the warning for alleged failure to
complete the log cycle, a violation of Section §1.19 of the department Code of Conduct and
Section 301.1 of the department Standard Operating Procedures.
16. These policies require that a Patrol Officer submit one thirty minute patrol log per week.
17. Andysofun didn’t violate Section §1.19 of the department Code of Conduct or Section 301.1 of
the department Standard Operating Procedures, because he submitted a patrol log prior to the
week ending (10 PM EST on Sunday).
18. As andysofun didn’t violate the policies he was issued a warning for, the issuance of the warning
to him violated state law and is reviewable by this court (2 R. Stat. § 3118).
19. Furthermore, the policies that andysofun was issued a warning for allegedly violating are unclear
and ambiguous.
20. Nowhere in the policies does it state the definition of a week or reference a time zone.
21. As a result of that, andysofun reasonably inferred that a week was the beginning of Monday to
the end of Sunday under the time zone the employee is in (EST for andysofun).
22. Due to the ambiguity and unclarity of the department policies andysofun was disciplined for, the
warning also constitutes arbitrary punishment (2 R. Stat. § 3135), and a violation of numerous
other state laws on policy ambiguity (2 R. Stat. § 3102).
CONCLUSION
23. For the aforementioned reasons, the warning issued to andysofun for violating department policy
was issued in clear factual error due to andysofun not actually violating the alleged policies,
issued for an ambiguous offense, and issued without due observance of law.
24. Therefore, andysofun files this administrative claim against the Palmer Police Department and
requests the following relief:
a. An injunction against the Palmer Police Department, ordering the department to remove
the unlawful administrative demerit from all of andysofun’s records; and
b. An injunction barring the Palmer Police Department from using the unlawful
administrative demerit to negatively impact andysofun (2 R. Stat. § 3307).
Respectfully Submitted,
Plaintiff andysofun
