Kraft v. Police Commissioner

The plaintiff, Martin B. Kraft, was appointed a Boston police officer in 1983 and served with an unblemished record for several years. In 1988 the defendant police commissioner terminated Kraft’s employment after discovering that, in completing application forms for the police officer position, Kraft had failed to disclose that he had *236been hospitalized for mental illness. At the time of his discharge, Kraft was a detective in the drug control unit. Kraft brought an action in the Superior Court challenging his discharge, and a judge determined that the commissioner’s action had been unlawful.…