Sean C. Morgan
A lawsuit against the City of Sweet Home and Police Chief Bob Burford by a former police officer was dismissed.
Derik Ford, a probationary police officer with Sweet Home Police Department, filed the lawsuit on May 21, 2003 after Chief Burford fired him.
The lawsuit alleged a variety of offenses that prevented Ford from going to work for another police department.
Ford accused the city and Chief Burford of disgracing and defaming…