'Beauty Pageant' Police Officer Deanna Mory Fired

Oh yes, it is a well known fact that if you break off an engagement the ring belongs to the giver of it. She returned it and then stole it back..Yep that steeling. and I do not believe she should be on any Police force, with her behavior problems.

Um ok…He is accusing her of stealing it back…that does not mean she actually stole it back, is there proof? In the US aren’t we innocent until proven guilty?

I dont understand why its a shame for her to be beauty padgents b/c she is a cop? What difference does it make? I mean she can still be a cop right?

What am I missing?

This sounds like a good movie plot….let me know when it is released…I’d watch it. LOL.

It would depend on the reasoning for breaking off the engagement as to what her rights would be with regards to keeping said engagement ring. If she intended to marry someone and obviously, that was the intent. If she came home and found her fiance’ cheating on her, she would then not only be entitled to dissolve the engagement, she would also be entitled to keep the ring. If he is the one who broke off the engagement, she would then still be entitled to keeping the ring as again, her intention in accepting the ring was for the very purpose of following through with a wedding. If she was the one to call it off, she is not intitled to keep the ring and would have an legal obligation to return the ring to her ex fiance’ if he should request it returned. This story does not define the particulars so one could quite possibly assume that perhaps the ex fiance’ was also a police officer at this same precient? And as far as the officals forbiding her to participate in beauty pagents, I do not know what legalities the police dept would have to warrant such a protest against her for participating in a beauty pagent as there does not seem to be anything with in these well renowned pagents that would bring shame or disgrace on the dept. I mean her wearing a bathing suit as part of the competition could be no worse that the calendar pin ups the police depts/fire house employees often have displayed with in their lockers ect…At the end of the day, this woman is innocent untill proven guilty therefore, if she was terminated unjustly, then sue the socks off of them and for more than wrongful termination.

Different states have different laws about how the engagement ring is handled in case of a break up. In some it must be returned no matter what, in others it is according to who does the breaking up. I don’t know which way the laws go in California.

As for the beauty pageants, as long as she is not missing work to attend them I don’t see how they can stop her from participating any more than they could stop another person on the force from entering a fishing competition.

They were looking for a reason for firing her…innocent until proven guilty.

I never realized there were existing laws about the proper ownership of an engagement ring after a broken engagement. What a concept. Who gets the dog would probably be a more difficult decision for those who shared a sincerely passionate, compassionate relationship.
Peace and grace

This sounds like one of those things we don’t have enough information about to choose sides on. For example.. she was told not to participate in beauty pageants and she did anyway. Even IF there was no policy precluding her from doing so (which we don’t know if there was or not) the fact that she said screw you to her department’s wishes and therefore her superiors wishes says that at the very very least the young woman had no clue as to how to manage office politics effectively. and like it or not…. when you work for other people.. office politics are important.

I agree with Ky…this incident just provided them with a convenient excuse to show this woman the door…I mean she has filed a suit against them in the past, and they were clearly unhappy about her pageant participation—which they could do nothing about!