Civil Service Decisions

The Commission upheld the bypass of a candidate for original appointment as a police officer whose military record included a lengthy AWOL and Desertion, resulting in his discharge under other than honorable conditions, for which he failed to take responsibility and provided unsupported explanations for his behavior.

The Commission reversed the discharge of an East Longmeadow Police Officer given that the officer had not been untruthful in relation to an altercation in response to an incident at a local business, had no disciplinary history, and video evidence of the incident which was not incriminating.

Education and experience examination appeal allowed. HRD's decision to not grant the Appellant credit for 1714 hours as a temporary fire lieutenant was arbitrary and capricious and not consistent with basic merit principles.