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.
A majority of the Commission affirmed the decision of the Salem Fire Department to terminate the employment of a firefighter for conduct unbecoming a firefighter (i.e., taking cash from a union-operated vending machine without authorization) and then misrepresenting what occurred.
