The Commission affirmed the decision of the Department of Correction to bypass a candidate for promotional appointment to Correction Officer II based on recent off-duty misconduct that resulted in an uncontested 3-day suspension.
The Commission: a) denied a correction officer's request to reconsider its affirmation of a recent decision by DOC to bypass him for sergeant; and b) denied his request to initiate an investigation regarding the promotion of two other DOC employees.
The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision which overturned the City of New Bedford's decision to terminate the employment of a Deputy Fire Chief.
The Commission overturned the termination of a New Bedford deputy fire chief after finding that New Bedford failed to prove that he had misrepresented his physical abilities to avoid returning to duty or otherwise abused the fire department’s injury leave policy.
