Runde v. City of Concord

The plaintiff sought a writ of certiorari in the superior court, to review a decision of the personnel advisory board of the City of Concord imposing disciplinary sanctions against him. The Superior Court (DiClerico, J., acting upon the recommendation of a Master, Robert A. Carignan, Esq.) denied relief. We affirm.

In early November 1982, some firefighters in the Concord Fire Department indicated to one of the department’s battalion chiefs that they wished to take a pay telephone station from a fire-damaged building. Despite his warning not to do so, the firefighters removed the telephone…