Jonathan Burnette v. New Orleans Police Department

JONATHAN BURNETTE * NO. 2023-CA-0684

VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL

NEW ORLEANS POLICE * FOURTH CIRCUIT
DEPARTMENT
* STATE OF LOUISIANA

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RML LEDET, J., CONCURS WITH REASONS

Officer Jonathan Burnette is charged with a single instance of violating the

following New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) rule:

Employees shall not post any material on the internet including but not
limited to photos, videos, word documents, etc. that violates any local,
state, or federal law, and/or embarrasses, humiliates, discredits or
harms the operations and reputation of the Police Department or any of
its members.

V I. Rule 3: Professional Conduct; Paragraph 13: Social Networking Websites,

Facebook, MySpace, Print or Transmitted Media. Officer Burnette made the post

during a national law enforcement conference.

Based on the circumstances of the case, I cannot find that the NOPD’s

imposition of a five-day suspension was an abuse of discretion. For these reasons, I

concur in the majority’s decision to affirm.