LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The previous Mesquite police chief filed a lawsuit towards the Metropolis of Mesquite claiming wrongful termination and breach of contract following an inside investigation.
Former Chief MaQuade Chesley was terminated on Jan. 21 after he was the goal of a police union no-confidence vote in November 2024, which was offered to the Mesquite Metropolis Council.
In November 2024, Del Schlosser, the Mesquite Police Union president, defined why the police union reached their no-confidence vote saying Chesley at occasions had been retaliatory towards folks “because of comments that they made or that things that they’ve brought forward.” He added, “There has been some hiring that is believed to be close friends, based on his own comments that they were, it’s the perception that it was rushed through, if you will, in the hiring processes.”
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Chesley filed the lawsuit on Feb. 3 claiming town disadvantaged him of any and all procedural safety by terminating him with out discover or a listening to and didn’t implement safeguards to make sure that Chesley’s due course of rights had been protected.
The lawsuit claims that town violated NRS 289.057 by utilizing a non-law enforcement company through the investigations into Chesley’s alleged misconduct and that the violation was made in “bad faith.” It additionally claims that his termination was accomplished at the least partially because of the metropolis’s “questionable, discriminatory and retaliatory employment practices.”
Chesley’s lawsuit says that town ignored the phrases of his contract by terminating him with out simply trigger since he was not an at-will worker. Chesley was not given a pre-termination listening to nor a post-termination listening to and was not given a “reasonable opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner,” the lawsuit claims.
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“I take concerns raised by my officers seriously and remain committed to open dialogue to address issues and maintain a productive working environment,” Chesley wrote.
Chesley is asking for an award of compensatory damages to be confirmed at trial, legal professional’s charges, witness charges, different prices, curiosity on all damages awarded and for any extra or additional aid as could also be simply and correct, in accordance with the lawsuit.
