The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of the Appellant based on the undisputed fact that he failed to meet the medical standards related to eye examinations required of police officers.
A State Police Officer who had a history of sleeping on the job had his 270-day suspension affirmed by the Commission after it found that he had been inattentive to duty during service of two details and smelled of alcohol during one of them. He was not intoxicated at the time of being tested, however.
The Commission allowed the bypass appeal of a military veteran seeking appointment as a firefighter with the Brockton Fire Department based on the appointing authority’s erroneous conclusions that the Appellant did not qualify for residency preference and had been less than truthful regarding his claim to residency
