A police officer for a western suburb of Chicago who claims he was terminated after complaining about his department’s traffic stop quota is allowed to proceed on his claims against his former employer’s potentially unlawful policy, a federal judge ruled last week.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer for the Northern District of Illinois denied Naperville’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former police officer Clayton Plumtree, who claims he was fired without due process after complaining about the police department’s internal policy requiring officers to effect at least two traffic stops a day.
