The Commission dismissed the appeal of an interim Northampton water treatment plant operator who was demoted to his tenured position as laborer had his appeal dismissed by the Commission as he failed to file within ten days of Northampton notifying him of his demotion.
The Commission affirmed the discharge of a Gardner Police Officer who was found to have pulled and aimed his taser at an uncooperative patient at a local hospital and then slapping him in the face. The Appellant failed to file a use of force report and lied to investigators about the incident.
The Commission affirmed the suspension of fire alarm operator with the Boston Fire Department for one-tour after finding he was responsible for a lapse in judgement that caused a delay in responding to a fire emergency in a 12-story residential building in down-town Boston.
The Commission affirmed the discharge of a Chicopee Police Officer who engaged in domestic abuse and then attempted to visit the victim at her home even though she had told him not to. At the time of the visit, the Appellant was serving a 60-day suspension and his charges had been continued for a year.
Considering the Commission’s previous decision that altered the Department of Correction’s discipline of the Appellant, the Commission decided to refrain from elaborating how the relief it granted correlated to subsidiary matters addressed only in the relevant collective bargaining agreement.
