Pacific Police Chief John Calkins will have to fend off Mayor Cy Sun’s third attempt to terminate him as the City’s public safety director.

On Thursday, Sun issued Caulkins notice of a Loudermill hearing. The hearing, part of due process for government employees facing discipline or termination, is scheduled for next Friday, just three days after Pacific voters decide in a special election whether to recall Sun. The election will be certified July 9. If voters elect to recall Sun, he will be forced to step down immediately.

“I have received a Pre-Disciplinary Action Notice and Loudermill/Pre-Disciplinary Hearing Notice from Pacific Mayor Cy Sun dated June 19, 2013,” Calkins wrote in a statement released on Friday. “Mayor Sun cites numerous allegations that I consider to be not factual and without merit.”

Sun’s letter cites several alleged violations of the city code, among them accusing Calkins of impersonating a law enforcement officer, incompetence, misconduct and issuing letters of conditional employment to two prospective new officer hires.

“You were hired as the Public Safety Director,” Sun’s letter stated. “You are not a commissioned police officer. By wearing a ‘police’ uniform, badge, and carrying a gun, you have willfully created the distinct impression of being a police officer that a citizen of Pacific or any other reasonable person would believe to be the case.”

According to Calkins’ statement, the letter is another one of Sun’s attempts to harass him.

A King County Superior Court judge ordered Sun two weeks ago to reinstate Calkins as well as Lt. Edwin Massey, whom he had placed on paid administrative leave.

“Since January 3, 2012 I have continually been subjected to this type of unwarranted harassment and threats to my career from Mayor Sun. Despite Mayor Sun’s attempts to cripple and destroy the Pacific Police Department and my career, the excellent staff and dedicated Police Officers of the Pacific Police Department have stood fast to serve our citizens in the most professional, ethical and honorable manner possible. I want the citizens of Pacific to know that as the Chief of Public Safety, I will continue to lead with dignity and passion to protect and serve the community for as long as I am allowed to do so.”

Calkins and his lawyer will present the chief’s side of the story at the Loudermill hearing next Friday.