The Commission dismissed this appeal based on the fact that the Appellant was not bypassed for appointment. Rather, he was not selected from a group of tied candidates and no candidate ranked below him was appointed.
Discipline appeal denied. The Boston Fire Department had just cause to impose a 30-day suspension against the Appellant for his misconduct and the level of discipline imposed was consistent with progressive discipline.
The commission affirmed the suspension of a Boston firefighter for two tours after he engaged an avoidable confrontation with a contractor while working a detail and later told an overdramatized story about the situation. He also failed to follow standard operating procedures after the situation as required by BFD.
The 60-day suspension of a Boston firefighter was affirmed after the Commission found he abused his authority for personal gain as he parked his personal vehicle at a construction site and made an erroneous accusation of a welding foreman being drunk while working.
