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The commission dismissed the appeal from a state trooper challenging a forfeiture of 10-days of accrued vacation time for insubordination. The trooper also claims he is a victim of disparately harsh discipline and argued that assignment of his case to Internal Affairs and not a local investigation was discriminatory.
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Discipline appeals dismissed. The Commission lacks jurisdiction over State Police discipline appeals that have not gone before a Trial Board.
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The Commission reduced the discharge of a Chicopee police sergeant to a demotion for untruthfulness during a previous incident that had resulted in a reprimand of incompetence, as his untruthfulness had been known for over six years and two other officers who engaged in the same misconduct had not been discharged.
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The Commission affirmed the discharge of a North Attleborough police officer who physically assaulted his girlfriend, and an off-duty Plainville police officer who was kissing her. As the girlfriend refused to testify, the Commission and NAPD made a factual determination that the Appellant's was guilty of the claims.
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An Agawam police sergeant’s demotion was affirmed by the Commission after he neglected to intervene in an incident where excessive force was utilized against a prisoner and failed to ensure the prisoner was provided medical attention.
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The Commission unanimously upheld the discharge of a Lawrence police officer who abandoned a service detail, took an unauthorized leave from duty for 5-days, and threatened a superior officer while later lying to the Chief of Police about those same threats.
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The Superior Court upheld the Commission's decision to dismiss the Appellant's appeal based on lack of jurisdiction as he was still in his probationary period at the time of his termination.
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Discipline appeal dismissed. The Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear a disciplinary appeal form a probationary employee.
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Appellant's disciplinary appeal allowed in part; Termination modified to demotion with no eligibility for promotion for five years. Majority of Commission found that the Appellant's behavior constituted misconduct warranting discipline, but the more serious charge of domestic abuse was not proven by a preponderance of