Hearing officer recommends that deputy who arrested Mel Gibson get his job back

A hear­ing of­ficer for the L.A. County civil ser­vice com­mis­sion con­cluded that the Sher­iff’s De­part­ment was wrong to fire Deputy James Mee, who is best known for his 2006 ar­rest of act­or Mel Gib­son for drunk driv­ing.