Civil Service Decisions

The Commission allowed the appeal of a recently promoted Winchester Police Sergeant who was demoted to Patrol Officer primarily for his alleged mishandling of a an unusually complex hit-and-run incident. A preponderance of the evidence failed to establish he engaged in misconduct or serious violations of his duties.

The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Massachusetts State Trooper who resigned his position after he was suspended for refusing to comply with the vaccination mandate of Executive Order 595 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and as untimely.

The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Massachusetts State Trooper who resigned his position after he was suspended for refusing to comply with the vaccination mandate of Executive Order 595 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and mootness.

The Commission upheld the City of Boston's decision to terminate the Appellant based on his failure to comply with the City's zero-tolerance policy regarding workplace violence.

The Civil Service Commission dismissed, with a future effective date, the appeal of a State Trooper contesting his termination due to his failure to comply with the requirement to receive COVID vaccination. He may re-open his appeal after a final decision on a parallel appeal filed with MCAD.

The Commission reduced the Appellant’s four-tour suspension to an official reprimand, as many of the charges against the Appellant were either unsupported by a preponderance of the evidence or overblown.

The Civil Service Commission upheld the 30-day suspension of the Appellant, finding that substantial credible evidence supported the conclusion that the Appellant had engaged in conduct which constituted impermissible child abuse, violative of LPD rules and regulations

The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s appeals challenging whether the Boston Police Department followed proper procedures in issuing a 3-day suspension against him as the appeal was received approximately 10 years after the Appellant received notice of the action, well beyond the statutory 10-day filing deadline.

The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision to modify the Appellant's discipline from a 30-day suspension to a 10-day suspension.

The Commission allowed the Appellant’s appeal and rescinded his two-day suspension as the Town failed to show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Appellant engaged in the alleged misconduct related to purported insubordination.