The Commission declined the request of a Fall River fire lieutenant to open an investigation as it appears that the Department's plan for filling an upcoming vacancy for fire captain is consistent with the civil service law and rules.
The Commission affirmed the decision by the Boston Police Department to bypass a candidate for police officer due to concerns about the candidate’s judgment and conduct related to a 2016 domestic violence incident.
Despite several missteps in the process, the Commission upheld the bypass of a candidate for appointment as a municipal police officer (1) who had failed to disclose several instances of prior negative employment history in his applications to the City of Fall River’s Police Department.
The Commission denied the Appellant's reclassification appeal as she was unable to show that she formed the level distinguishing duties of Tax Examiner III more than 50% of the time.
