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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 Civil Service Commission finds that the City of Springfield had just cause to discipline the Appellant where his conduct was violative of the Springfield Fire Department Rules and Regulations.
The Commission reduced to a suspension the discipline of a firefighter terminated for coming to work under the influence of alcohol, based on evidence of disparate treatment and the failure of the Appointing Authority to consider the compelling evidence of the Appellant’s pre-termination rehabilitation.
