OFFENSE

EMPLOYER’S PENALTY

RESULT ON APPEAL

DESCRIPTION

CASE NAME

Conduct Unbecoming Off Duty

30-Day Suspension

No Discipline

Officer suspended for conduct unbecoming on a chartered bus following an evening spent in a restaurant and a bar. Employer failed to prove that officer was the one who made improper statements to the bus driver and another officer.

City of Lowell v. Civil Service Commission, 856 N.E.2d 918 (Mass.App. 2006).

Dishonesty

Termination

Reinstatement Without Back Pay

Officer terminated for falsely claiming his lights were on at the time of an intersection accident. While the Arbitrator sustained driving charge, truthfulness charge reversed on the grounds that automatic vehicle locator system could not pinpoint precisely whether officer’s lights were on at the time of the collision.

City of El Paso, LAIG 6408 (Britton, 2006).

Vehicles

240-Hour Suspension

No Discipline

Fire Apparatus Operator accidentally drove a truck over a lieutenant’s feet at a fire scene, severely mangling one foot and injuring the other foot as he attempted to get the truck off the first foot. Because the Operator was orally reprimanded by a division chief at the scene, the Arbitrator concluded that subsequent suspension violated principles of double jeopardy.

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, LAIG 6397 (Render, 2006).