He stated that serious "derelictions of duty," "criminal negligence," and poor planning put U.S. forces in harm's way and left Iraq in chaos after the invasion.

Although former Sergeant Dowd's behavior constituted "a serious dereliction of duty," the arbitrator said, "it does not approximate the outrageous behavior displayed" by other officers.

It found that the judgement of the driver, 55 year old John Corcoran, was markedly impaired as he had been drunk, and thus charged him with serious dereliction of duty.

Their weapons are verbal, and often aimed at Mr. Schumer, who admits to a serious dereliction of roommate duties, like grocery shopping.

It is therefore surprising and noteworthy how infrequently the Service in fact suffered from serious dereliction of duty by officers.

Barring serious dereliction, it editorialized, a parent's right "is paramount," even, quoting the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "primordial and inalienable."

The Transportation Department found a variety of other complaints and said that most "appear to reflect a serious dereliction on the part of Ryan."

Two Commissioners are accused of serious dereliction of duty and find themselves in the firing line.

"Failure to honour their obligations as they carry out repairs and refurbishments would be both illegal and a serious dereliction of their duty."

It heard some cases of impeachment of public officials for high crimes and mismanagement or serious dereliction of duties.