AURORA | The Civil Service Commission hearing for an Aurora police officer trying to get his job back after two DUI arrests lasted longer than officials anticipated.
The hearing for former Officer Marc Sears started last Monday and was scheduled to finish by the end of last week. But when Friday evening rolled around, lawyers for Sears and the city still had about a half-day worth of work, said Civil Service Commission administrator Matt Cain.
The last half-day of the hearing is now scheduled to start May 31, Cain said.
A six-year veteran previously assigned to the police academy, Sears was fired Jan. 5.
He was previously suspended for a month following his second arrest, which happened in March 2010 in Parker after police there say he crashed his SUV into a light pole while driving drunk.
That arrest came while Sears had a trial pending on DUI charges stemming from May 2009, when he crashed a motorcycle in Parker.
Sears was eventually convicted of DUI for the first arrest and DUI charges in the second case were dropped.
Sears appealed his conviction in the first DUI case and is awaiting a judge’s ruling.
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