The Region - News from Jan. 9, 1985

A long legal battle apparently ended for James Craig Jr., 51, of Inglewood when he reported for work as a Los Angeles County Harbor Patrol officer at Marina del Rey. A state appeals court ruled that Craig, a former Santa Monica Harbor Patrol officer and county park patrolman, does not have to attend the Sheriff’s Academy for updated training or be placed on probation in order to assume the new position. His attorney, Gerald Kroll, had argued that the county was simply trying to make his job more difficult for Craig, who filed a suit alleging racial discrimination when he did not get the job 15 years ago.