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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two fired Memphis police officers are back on the job.

The officers were fired due to allegations they were plotting to take over the evidence room and organize a violent strike.

Officers Parker Culver and Mark Henderson fought their firings and won through binding arbitration.

City leaders admit they're frustrated the two Memphis police officers were rehired almost a year and a half after they were fired.

"We have lost cases on what are essentially technicalities," Memphis Chief Administrative Officer George Little said.

He said too many times, the city lost its battle.

"In many other employment situations, where you would be fired and that would be the end of it so to speak, that just doesn't seem to hold true in too many cases here," he said.

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong fired Culver and Henderson in 2012.

"Based on my professional experience, the front line managers made the right call," Little said, referring to the case.

Internal affairs said Culver and Henderson were upset over a city-wide pay cut, so they threatened to organize a violent strike, take over the weapons room, hide squad cars in Mississippi, and even shoot officers who got in their way.

Union leaders said they were victims of a witch hunt, and the two were fine officers. They helped them both fight their case through arbitration.

WREG uncovered the rulings.

The agreement obtained by WREG shows one arbitrator did think Culver deserved to be disciplined for discussing a strike, but that his firing was much too severe.

Henderson even got back pay.

A second arbitrator pointed out inconsistencies with witness statements in the case of officer Henderson, saying that the city lacked evidence to fire him.

Arbitrator John Miller wrote, "the evidence is inconclusive and remains entirely unclear," because manager complaints weren't filed for months and without exact dates.

"It is frustrating from a standpoint for an accountability for the employee, but the message it sends to a citizen at large, and to even other employees who are working hard for this city," Little said.

Little added he's not blaming the process, but department leaders are getting more training on how to support their disciplinary decisions.

Director Armstrong said in a statement to WREG, "I still stand behind our decision to end their careers; however, it was overturned through arbitration."

We have heard that Henderson quit the force since the ruling, but MPD said it cannot confirm that until Tuesday.

The officers had the support of the police union, which claimed the two were fine officers victimized by gossip, poor leadership, and heightened tension between the city and union over that 2011 pay cut for officers.

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