The police officers involved in the shooting death of Stephen Perkins have appealed the mayor’s decision to discipline them.

Mayor Tab Bowling last week fired three officers and put the fourth on unpaid suspension following the city’s investigation into the shooting.

“We have four appeals now to the personnel board,” Herman Marks, the Decatur city attorney, told AL.com this evening.

Marks declined to name the officers, but a lawsuit filed by the Perkins family this week identified them as Bailey Marquette, Christopher Mukkadam, Joey Williams, and Vance Summers. The lawsuit said Marquette is the officer who shot Perkins.

Mayor Bowling said he considered recommendations from the city’s legal department and police chief Todd Pinion before firing the officers. An internal investigation by the police department determined the officers violated policy.

The officers had until today to appeal the mayor’s decision.

The five-member personnel board appointed by the city council will set dates to hold public hearings on whether to uphold or reverse the mayor’s decision.

“Merit system employees have under our merit system rules the ability to protest or appeal the decision of the mayor through the personnel board for them to review it,” the city attorney explained.

“Their responsibility is to review the decision of the mayor,” Marks added. “There will be information provided from the mayor’s office and from the officers. It’s a hearing with interchange of information and questions asked and witnesses provided.”

In the two and a half months since the shooting, protesters have been calling for the firing, arrest, and prosecution of the officers.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency continues to investigate whether the officers committed any crimes. The state police will turn over their findings to Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson to decide whether to arrest the officers or take the case to a grand jury.

On the night of his death, police said, Perkins had a gun and threatened a tow truck driver who was trying to repossess his vehicle. The tow truck driver left but returned later with police, who shot and killed Perkins, a 39-year-old husband, father, and gym enthusiast.

Perkins’ family has continued to demand justice and this week sued the city, the officer involved in his death, the tow truck company, and the vehicle finance company.

The federal lawsuit alleges excessive force, wrongful death, civil rights violations, and unfair debt collection practices.

“At no time did Stephen Clay Perkins pose a threat of death or great bodily harm to” the officers or anyone else, the lawsuit says.

Security camera footage released by the Perkins family showed that it was dark outside when Perkins walked out into his yard while shining a light and shouted for the tow truck driver to put his vehicle down. Police appeared to emerge from the dark as an officer shouted for Perkins to get on the ground. A split second later, 18 gunshots rang out, killing Perkins and hitting a neighbor’s house.