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The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal brought by a candidate for Fairhaven Police Chief as premature when the present Police Chief was not expected to vacate the position until August 2024 and no appointment of a successor had been made.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the City of Pittsfield to bypass the Appellant for original appointment as a firefighter based on a pattern of obfuscation and lack of candor on the Appellant’s part regarding material facts elicited by the City during hiring and background check.
The Commission ordered the Town of Barnstable to fill a position of Police Lieutenant that was permanently vacated in September 2023 and covered by Sergeants acting out-of-grade in violation of the civil service rights of candidates on the then current Lieutenant’s promotional eligible list.
The Commission denied the City's motion to dismiss, concluding that the Appellant was entitled to file a bypass appeal after the revoked his conditional offer of employment based on new information after he was enrolled in the Police Academy.
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 dismissed the Appellant's examination appeal as he failed to follow the instructions to complete his ECT&E appeal online in a timely manner.
The Commission upheld HRD’s scoring of the Appellant’s Experience, Certification, Training and Education (ECT&E) component of the Statewide Deputy Fire Chief’s Examination as “incomplete” because the Appellant failed to comply with the instructions for timely submission of the ECT&E on-line claim form.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as the Appellant is unable to show that has been harmed as his appeal relies on speculation regarding a potential future appointment and the appeal relates to a contract seniority date, as opposed to a civil service seniority date.
The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision to uphold the City of Somerville's decision to bypass the Appellant for promotional appointment to police lieutenant.
The Commission denied the bypass appeal of a candidate seeking appointment as a police officer, concluding that the City of Brockton had reasonable justification to bypass him based upon inconsistent responses about his residency history during the application process and the omission of prior employment attempts.
The Commission upheld HRD’s decision that the Appellant was ineligible to take the September 2023 readministered Statewide Police Sergeant Promotional Exam because he had not been employed as a Cambridge police officer at least three years prior to November 2022.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the Springfield Police Department to bypass a candidate for police officer based on the results of the candidate's psychological evaluation.
The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as it was not filed within 60 days of receiving the reasons for bypass from the Boston Police Department and there was no good cause that would warrant tolling the filing deadline.
The Appeals Court affirmed a Superior Court decision to uphold the Commission's decision to dismiss the Appellant's appeal related to examination posting requirements as it was not timely.
The Commission denied the bypass appeal of a candidate seeking appointment as a reserve police officer, as the Town had reasonable justification to bypass him for failing to follow the Town’s directions for the hiring process, including failure to fill out the employment application packet in a timely manner..
The Commission denied the bypass appeal of a candidate seeking appointment as a police officer, as the Boston Police Department had reasonable justification to bypass him based on issued related to prior misconduct.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a probationary Holyoke firefighter who was terminated based on performance related reasons as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal of civil service employees who have not completed their probationary period.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a probationary Lawrence firefighter who was terminated after failing to complete the Fire Academy as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal of civil service employees who have not completed their probationary period.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s appeal as the City of Brockton had reasonable justification to bypass her for original appointment to the position of permanent full-time police officer due to an undisputed incident of domestic violence incident that resulted in the inability to obtain a license to carry (LTC)
The Commission denied the request of the Milton Police Department to revive the revoked eligible list for Police Sergeant after concluding that doing so, particularly given that a new list will be established on February 14, 2024, was not consistent with the effective maintenance of the merit system.
The Commission allowed the bypass appeal of the Appellant as the City was unable to show a nexus between alleged misconduct from 21 years ago and his ability to serve as a police officer today.
The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s appeal, in which he raised questions about the impartiality of the promotional process for police lieutenant, after the City conducted a new, external review of candidates for promotional appointment.
The Commission adopted the Tentative Decision of the DALA Magistrate and denied the Appellant's reclassification appeal as he failed to show that he performed the level-distinguishing duties of Federal Aid Coordinator V more than 50% of time.
The Commission upheld the discipline of a police officer for sending a rude and unprofessional email to the Police Chief, but modified the 5-day suspension to 3 days after finding that the charge of insubordination was not supported and the discipline was not consistent with progressive discipline.
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