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The Superior Court issued a further decision clarifying what payments are due to Appellants for back pay, interest, etc.
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The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s appeals challenging whether the Boston Police Department followed proper procedures in issuing a 3-day suspension against him as the appeal was received approximately 10 years after the Appellant received notice of the action, well beyond the statutory 10-day filing deadline.
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The Commission allowed the appeal of the Appellant, a 37-year old, longtime resident of Boston, who has been repeatedly bypassed or non-selected for reasons related in large part to whether he has been truthful about the details of an incident that occurred during his teenage years while he was in high schoo.
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The Commission dismissed the Appellant's bypass appeal for original appointment as a firefighter as no candidate ranked the candidate was selected for appointment.
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The Commission allowed the appeal of a candidate whose appointment by the Mayor of Somerville to the position of Reserve Police Officer failed to receive confirmation of the Somerville City Council for reasons that involved unsubstantiated claims about the candidate’s alleged untruthfulness.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal as the Springfield Police Department (SPD) did not show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Appellant failed to meet the civil service residency preference requirement, the sole reason offered by the SPD for bypassing the Appellant.
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The Commission allowed the 2021 bypass appeal of a candidate for appointment as a Somerville Reserve Firefighter who, for the second time, was not given a fair, impartial and reasonably thorough review and was treated differently than other candidates, most of them with ties to the City.
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Under unique circumstances presented by the facts of this appeal, the Commission granted limited relief to a highly qualified candidate bypassed for appointment as a Fire Captain based on pending criminal charges for which he was acquitted a few weeks later after a much-delayed trial due to the closure of the courts.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal for original appointment as Correction Officer I (CO 1) as DOC was unable to show a nexus between the Appellant’s alleged unlawful conduct approximately 17 years ago and his current ability to serve as a CO I. Other systemic issues were identified as well.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s promotional bypass appeal based on the results of a DOC internal affairs investigation that was pending at the time of Appellant’s bypass. The result of that investigation was that the Appellant was not suspended, meaning that he would have been eligible for promotion.