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.
The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal for original appointment as a Boston police officer as the Boston Police Department failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that judgment and conduct issues prevented the Appellant from meeting the high standards required of police officers.
The Commission allowed the bypass appeal of the Appellant because the City failed to show that it completed a fair, impartial and sufficiently thorough review of her candidacy, and the preponderance of the evidence did not support the reasons cited for bypass.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the Boston Police Department to bypass a candidate for appointment as a police officer based on his poor driving history and neglecting to report an additional traffic-related issue that occurred while undergoing the recruit selection process.
