The Commission denied the appeal from a Gloucester Deputy Fire Chief who received a 22-hour suspension over a discourteous email where insubordination was listed as a major offense in the Department’s Standard Operation Guidelines and the Chief was not required to apply progressive principles.
A majority of the Commission denied HRD's Motion for Reconsideration as the Commission did not overlook any significant factor in determining that the Appellant’s service with the UMass Lowell Police Department was full time service in a regular police force.
