Medfield Police League v. Board of Selectmen

This appeal raises the question whether a town may amend its personnel administration plan in such a way as to reduce entitlement to vacation benefits for its regular police officers prescribed by statutes previously accepted by the town. A judge of the Superior Court determined that it could not. We agree and affirm the judgment entered pursuant to his order.

The plaintiff, the representative of the regular police officers in the town of Medfield, brought suit in 1972, seeking orders compelling the defendant to compensate its members for vacation benefits from 1957 forward in accordance with…