Once the notice of objection filed the proceedings are determined by hearing officers.

The two men were a hundred yards short of the tope now and Sharpe could hear officers shouting orders.

As the trumpets died away Blade heard officers and sergeants shouting to their men.

Within a couple of weeks, hearing officers generally issue a decision of a few sentences in each case.

A judge intervened to remove cases from those hearing officers.

"We were hearing officers on the roofs of their houses begging for someone to help them," Lieutenant Wilson said.

Also on the November ballot is a proposed ethics code for judges and hearing officers.

Since then, hearing officers have been prohibited from using it.

To provide more rapid assistance to workers, the White House will propose that cases be tried before hearing officers known as administrative law judges.

Question 3 will change the City Charter to establish a code of professional conduct for administrative law judges and hearing officers.