The Commission upheld the one-day suspension of a Wareham Police Officer who engaged in rude and discourteous verbal behavior toward a superior officer and the Wareham Assistant Town Administrator and who also had a history of reprimands for prior discourteous behavior toward his superior officers and the public.
The Commission denied the request of a Boston police officer to have his 5-day suspension (with only 3 days served) reduced to a 1-day suspension based on the undisputed facts related to the officer’s failure to activate his body-worn camera during an incident that involved a discharge of his weapon.
The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision to overturn the demotion of a police sergeant as the Town failed to show just cause for the demotion.
The Commission modified the 4-tour suspension of a Boston firefighter to a two-tour suspension because the Boston Fire Department failed to prove two of the three charges of misconduct against him.
The Commission overturned the termination of a Trooper as the State Police was unable to prove that he was untruthful regarding details related to a traffic stop. The Commission upheld that portion of the discipline related to body cam procedures, reducing the termination to a 1-day suspension.
The Boston Police Department had just cause to terminate the Appellant as a police officer where his conduct was violative of the Boston Police Department’s Rules and Regulations based on three specific incidents involving misconduct.
A majority of the Commission denied the appeal of a firefighter seeking to overturn his termination, concluding that the Worcester Fire Department had just cause to terminate him for insubordination related to his unwillingness to adhere to a rehabilitation agreement to return to work.
The Civil Service Commission determined that the Springfield Police Department had just cause to terminate the Appellant where his conduct, including untruthfulness, was violative of the Springfield Police Department’s Rules and Regulations.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as the Appellant was terminated during his probationary period as a police officer.
The Commission allowed the procedural appeal of an Abington Police Officer and rescinded his 3-day suspension after the Abington Police Department violated the civil service law by failing to conduct a local hearing as requested by the police officer to contest the suspension.
