
    Steven HARRIS, Petitioner v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent
    No. 110A17
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Filed December 22, 2017
    Law Offices of Michael C. Byrne, by Michael C. Byrne, for petitioner-appellee.
    Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Tamika L. Henderson, Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan Park, Deputy Solicitor General, for respondent-appellant.
    Essex Richards, P.A., Charlotte, by Norris A. Adams, II, for North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police, and Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., Raleigh, by E. Hardy Lewis, for North Carolina State Employees Association, amici curiae.
    The McGuinness Law Firm, Elizabethtown, by J. Michael McGuinness, and Milliken Law, by Megan A. Milliken, for North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and Southern States Police Benevolent Association, amici curiae.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.  