Mealey's (December 8, 2016, 11:20 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Multiple emails by a police reserve officer (PRO) to his superiors and co-workers criticizing other officers’ actions are not speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 8 after first establishing that it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal (Matthew August LeFande v. District of Columbia, No. 15-7055, D.C. Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 20107)....