Civil Service Decisions

The Commission overturned the decision of the Department of Correction (DOC) to bypass a candidate for appointment as a Correction Officer I (CO I) and ordered his reconsideration after DOC conducted a flawed review process in which the Appellant was not given the opportunity to address the reason for bypass.

The Commission affirmed the decision of the Boston Police Department to bypass a candidate for appointment as a police officer because of his untruthfulness in connection with an immigration petition.

The Commission issued an interim decision, allowing the appeal of a firefighter who was bypassed for promotion for fire lieutenant after the City impermissibly supplanted an eligible list based on assessment ctr with a subjective interview process that was created after the eligible list was established.

The Appeals Court affirmed a Superior Court decision that upheld the Commission's decision to affirm the bypass of a candidate for District Chief in the Springfield Fire Department.

The Commission affirmed the decision of the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) to bypass a candidate for appointment as an Environmental Police Officer A/B (EPO A/B) as he does not possess the minimum entrance requirements specified for the position by MEP.

A majority of the Commission granted the bypass appeal of a candidate seeking appointment as a police officer for the Boston Police Department. The candidate’s history of temporary ex parte restraining orders was not a reasonable justification for bypassing him, especially considering that the orders were dismissed.

The Commission upheld the decision of the Mass. Environmental Police to bypass a candidate for Env. Police Officer A/B as the candidate was unable to show that he met the minimum entrance requirements for the position.

The Commission affirmed the decision of the Boston Police Department to bypass a candidate for police office based on an incident that resulted in criminal charges against him and during which the candidate was uncooperative with the responding officers.

The Commission overturned the decision of the Plymouth Police Department to bypass a candidate for police officer and ordered that he be given one additional consideration for appointment after concluding that the candidate was not given the same consideration as other candidates, including a full and fair interview.