A judge’s order has reinstated an Enid Fire Department fire captain who was terminated following an October 2015 incident involving a laser allegedly pointed at an airplane.
“The court found that the evidence did not support him doing anything inappropriate, and, therefore, there was no basis to terminate his employment,” Mark Hammons, attorney for Fire Capt. Denton Morgan, said.
On Dec. 14, 2015, the Fire Civil Service Commission terminated Morgan’s employment after finding he violated the department’s code of ethics, and rules and regulations by “being dishonest about what happened on his property on Oct. 15, 2015.” A hearing and deliberations on Morgan’s employment were held in executive session — which is closed to the public — before commission Secretary Corbin Baker read the findings of fact in a public meeting.
“Capt. Morgan testified that the laser was not intentionally aimed at the plane by him or his wife. However, it is not credible that the laser could accidentally have hit the cockpit the number of times it occurred.