The Fraternal Order of Police has sued the county citing unfair policy changes regarding secondary employment for officers.

The July 11 lawsuit - which also names county police Chief James Teare, Sr. and the county's ethics commission - was filed about a week after the police chief announced a policy change banning officers from working in any establishment that sells liquor effective July 13.

The change meant that any officers with side jobs at restaurants and similar businesses would have to leave the position - and the extra income - behind even if they'd been approved to work there in the past.

Chief Teare rescinded...