vat] COMMONWEALTH SUFFOLK, ss VahRte OF MASSACHUSETTS HD 1A2 28 Civil COMMONWEALTH OF P SuBBRIOR COURT DEPARTMENT & MASSACHUSETTS HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION, Plaintiff/Petitioner Vv.

SUCV2012-2882 A COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION Vv.

C-15-118 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION & DIVISION OF INSURANCE, Respondents Appearance for Appellant: Pro Se Edward M. Phelan, Esq. Appearance for Respondents: Melissa Thomson, Esq. Michele Heffernan, Esq. Labor Counsel Human Resources Division One Ashburton Place, Room 301 Boston, MA 02108 Commissioner: Cynthia A.

L.c. 30A, 14 to appeal a decision of the Civil Service Commission affirming a decision of the Massachusetts Human Resources Division (HRD) denying him two additional training and experience points on his police promotional Pleadings. exam. Presently before the court is DeFrancescos Motion for Judgment on the For the reasons set forth below, the decision of the Commission is affirmed, and the plaintiff's motion is DENTED. .

Following the exam, six out of the one hundred seventy-eight candidates who had taken it complained to the Human Resources Division ("the HRD") because the videotaped oral section of the exam included questions on Rule 200, a Boston Police Department Rule regarding critical incident management.2 Previously, a Boston Police Department memorandum informed the candidates that the written knowledge component of the exam would not cover Rule 200.

Docket No: B2-16-44 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION and BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, Respondents Appearance for Appellant: Appearance for Human Resources Division: Wayne G. Clarke, Pro Se Michael Downey, Esq. Human Resources Division Room 211 One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Appearance for Boston Police Department: Jaclyn Zawada, Esq. Boston Police Department One Schroeder Plaza Boston, MA 02120 Commissioner: Paul M.

B2-18-246 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION & CITY OF BROCKTON & MICHAEL McKENNA, Respondents Appearance for Appellant: Gregory V. Sullivan, Esq. Malloy & Sullivan 59 Water Street Hingham, MA 02043 Appearance for Human Resources Division: Mark P. Detwiler, Esq. Human Resources Division 100 Cambridge Street: Suite 600 Boston, MA 02114 Appearance for City of Brockton: Karen A. Fisher, Esq.

Ralph appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming the decision of the Civil Service Commission (commission) 1 Human Resources Division. 2 disallowing Sergeant Ralph additional points on a promotional examination for twenty-five years of service under G. L. c. 31, 59, and additional points for previous experience in the position sought under G. L. c. 31, 22.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON PARTIES CROSS MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS In this action, the plaintiff, Thomas Ralph (Ralph), appeals the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) allowing the Human Resources Divisions (HRD) motions to dismiss Ralph's consolidated appeals of HRDs denials of his requests for two additional training and experience points on four civil service promotional examinations. ' Before