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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.
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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.
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The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s bypass appeal for the position of police officer as the Commission recently upheld a prior bypass by the City of Brockton based on the same reasons.
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The Commission declined the Petitioners’ request for investigation as nothing in the request for investigation raised any substantial question to suggest that the process for promotion of the Weymouth Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Superintendent from Fire Lieutenant to Fire Captain violated the civil service law.
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The Civil Service Commission finds that the City of Springfield had just cause to discipline the Appellant where his conduct was violative of the Springfield Fire Department Rules and Regulations.
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The Commission allowed the procedural appeal of an Abington Police Officer and rescinded his 3-day suspension after the Abington Police Department violated the civil service law by failing to conduct a local hearing as requested by the police officer to contest the suspension.
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The Commission reduced to a suspension the discipline of a firefighter terminated for coming to work under the influence of alcohol, based on evidence of disparate treatment and the failure of the Appointing Authority to consider the compelling evidence of the Appellant’s pre-termination rehabilitation.
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The Civil Service Commission determined that the Springfield Police Department had just cause to terminate the Appellant where his conduct, including untruthfulness, was violative of the Springfield Police Department’s Rules and Regulations.
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The Commission dismissed the appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as the Appellant was terminated during his probationary period as a police officer.
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The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s bypass appeal after concluding that no bypass occurred as no candidate ranked below him was appointed to the position of Lowell reserve firefighter.