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 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 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 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.
The Commission accepted the recommendation of a DALA Magistrate to affirm the Boston Police Department's decision to terminate the Appellant for untruthfulness, including the filing of false charges against a Police Captain.
Ruling that the Appellant was not provided with sufficient due process protections prior to his removal from the payroll as part of a "duty status hearing" in 2018, the Court granted relief to the Appellant, including reinstatement and retroactive pay.
