The Superior Court denied the Appellants’ motion to Compel Compliance with the Order of the Civil Service Commission as they had not sufficiently established their likelihood of success on the merits of their case.
The Commission accepted the appeals from four State Troopers who were suspended without pay following a brief hearing by a State Police Duty Status Board as the Commission found that the summary process relying on merely hearsay memorandum for evidence lacked basic due process elements.
The Commission rejected the motion for reconsideration by State Police, rejecting the argument that it had no jurisdiction over disciplinary matters handled administratively in-house.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the Boston Police Department to bypass a candidate for police office based on an incident that resulted in criminal charges against him and during which the candidate was uncooperative with the responding officers.
