The Commission overturned the decision of the Salem Fire Department to bypass a candidate for promotional appointment to fire lieutenant as the Department was unable to show that the candidate was medically unfit to perform the duties of the position at the time.
The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of a Brookline police sergeant who was bypassed for promotional appointment to police lieutenant as Brookline has subsequently removed its police department from civil service, divesting the Commission of any jurisdiction regarding this matter.
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.
