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Discipline; termination of Fire Lieutenant; appeal allowed in part; discipline modified to demotion / suspension.
The Appeals Court affirmed the Commission's decision to apply a mail-handling rule regarding an appeal received via mail with no postmark.
Superior Court affirmed Commission's decision to modify termination to a demotion.
The Commission rejected a Springfield police officer’s appeal after finding that the police officer was not a tenured employee, given that he had been discharged within his probationary period.