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Police Commissioner v. Civil Service Commission

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 16, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.

On the night of January 19, 1984, Boston police officer Robert M. Ford, while on duty and in uniform, took a woman of “questionable” sobriety into his custody. Rather than follow the procedures set out in G. L. c. 11 IB, § 8 (the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Law), 2 Ford engaged in egregious misconduct, described in the next part of this opinion. After an investigation, the police commissioner discharged Ford from the police force for his derelictions of duty. Ford appealed to the Civil Service Commission (commission) under G. L. c. 31, § 43. The commission modified the discharge…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mayor v. Judge of First District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  2. Murray v. Second District Court of Eastern MiddlesexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Broderick v. Police Commissioner of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  4. Cullen v. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  5. Debnam v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Rose Bordanaro v. John McLeod Appeal of City of Everett, Edward Connolly, and Donald BontempoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  2. City of Cambridge v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  3. Mayor of Revere v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
  4. Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
  5. Attorney General v. McHattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999

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