Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev.den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003) (affirming de novo decision to reject appointing authoritys evidence of appellants failed polygraph test and prior domestic abuse orders and crediting appellants exculpatory testimony) with Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commn, 447 Mass. 814,823 (2006) (inconsequential differences in facts found did not make appointing authoritys justification unreasonable).

Town of Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006). Here, the Commission does not act without regard to the previous decision of the town, but rather decides whether there was reasonable justification for the action taken by the appointing authority in the circumstances found by the commission to have existed when the appointing authority made its decision. Id. (citing Watertown v. Arria, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 331, 334 (1983)).

Town of Falmouth, 25 MCSR 231 (2012) (police officer discharged for untruthfulness and lapses in judgment); Waugaman vy. | Town of Falmouth, 25 MCSR 211 (2012) (firefighter discharged for carrying on extramarital affair at a fire station and lying about it); and MacHenry v.

Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commission, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 800 (2004). The issue for the commission is "not whether it would have acted as the appointing authority had acted, but whether, on the facts found by the commission, there was reasonable justification for the action taken by the appointing authority in the circumstances found by the commission to have existed when the appointing authority made its decision." Watertown v.

Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commission, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 800 (2004). The issue for the Commission is "not whether it would have acted as the appointing authority had acted, but whether, on the facts found by the commission, there was reasonable justification for the action taken by the appointing authority in the circumstances found by the commission to have existed when the appointing authority made its decision." Watertown v.

Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commission, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 801 (2004), quoting Boston Police Dept. v. Collins, 48 Mass. App. Ct. at 413. Moreover, a demonstrated willingness to fudge the truth in exigent circumstances is a significant problem, because [p]olice work frequently calls upon officers to speak the truth when doing so might put in question a stop ora search or might embarrass a fellow officer. Town of Falmouth, 61 Mass. App.

Id. at 304, see also Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commission, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 800-01 (2004) (identifying Commission intervention appropriate when the action not triggered by neutral policy).

Town of Falmouth, 20 MLC 1555 (1984), affd sub nom., Town of Falmouth v. Labor Relations Commission, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (1997). However, the Board has long held that an individual employee has no standing to attempt to enforce an employer's duty to bargain. Quincy City Employees Union, H.L.P.E., 15 MLC 1340, 1355 (1989) aff'd. sub. nom. Pattison v. Labor Relations Commission, 309 Mass. App.

Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006) and cases cited; City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass.App.Ct. 300, 304, rev.den., 426 Mass. 1102 (1997). See also Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Ct., 359 Mass. 211, 214 (1971); Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct., 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); City of Leominster v.

Town of Falmouth, 20 MLC 1555, MUP-8114 (May 16, 1994), aff'd sub nom., Town of Falmouth v. Labor Relations Commission, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (1997); Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 36 MLC 65, 68, SUP-05-5191 (Oct. 23, 2009).