Appeals Court affirmed a Superior Court judgment upholding a decision of the Civil Service Commission related to the discipline of a Chicopee Police Sergeant.
The Commission reduced the discharge of a Chicopee police sergeant to a demotion for untruthfulness during a previous incident that had resulted in a reprimand of incompetence, as his untruthfulness had been known for over six years and two other officers who engaged in the same misconduct had not been discharged.
The Commission denied the request of a Boston police officer to have his 5-day suspension (with only 3 days served) reduced to a 1-day suspension based on the undisputed facts related to the officer’s failure to activate his body-worn camera during an incident that involved a discharge of his weapon.
