The Commission dismissed the Appellant appeal of his suspension based on timeliness and his AWOL-related separation for which the Commission lacks jurisdiction.
The Commission upheld the discipline of a police officer for sending a rude and unprofessional email to the Police Chief, but modified the 5-day suspension to 3 days after finding that the charge of insubordination was not supported and the discipline was not consistent with progressive discipline.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s appeal and affirmed the Town of Acton’s decision to suspend him as a police officer for 30 days for off-duty misconduct related to leaving the scene of an accident that caused property damage without notifying the police.
sion dismissed the appeal of a State Trooper who was suspended for not complying with the COVID-19 vaccination requirement in place at the time as the Appellant effectively waived any right of appeal to the Commission by admitting to the misconduct at a Trial Board.
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.
The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s bypass appeal, concluding that the Appellant had no reasonable expectation of effectively overturning prior credibility assessments made by the Commission regarding whether he deliberately omitted information on an application and provided divergent accounts of past misconduct
The Commission allowed the appeal of a Chelsea Police Officer in part as he engaged in misconduct but his 10-day suspension was contrary to progress discipline and inconsistent with lesser penalties issued to other officers engaged in the same misconduct.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Boston Police Officer as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear AWOL-related appeals and his suspension appeal was untimely.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s request to reconsider its decision to affirm the decision of the City of Chelsea to suspend the Appellant and demote him from Fire Captain to Firefighter as he failed to identify a clerical or mechanical error in the decision or a significant factor the Commission overlooked.
The Appeals Court affirmed a Superior Court decision upholding the Commission's decision that the Boston Fire Department had just cause to terminate a firefighter whose hateful statements lowered the public estimation of the Department and were not constitutionally protected.
