City of Leominster v. Stratton

Warden L. Stratton was a police officer in Leomin-ster (city), against whom a stepdaughter and daughter made complaints of sexual abuse. That conduct and domestic abuse by Stratton of his wife were the basis for his discharge from the police force by the mayor of Leominster, following a removal hearing conducted by the police chief of that city, conformably with G. L. c. 31, § 41. At the tail end of multiple administrative and judicial proceedings — which we shall presently describe — a judge of the Superior Court concluded that the Civil *727Service Commission (commission) had acted…