by John Becker | Nov 20, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
It all began in December, 1999, when the Sheriff of Suffolk County wrongfully terminated a jail officer who, it claimed, failed to report two other jail officers for using excessive force on a prisoner. After 14 years and half a dozen court decisions, the Jail...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 5, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On July 19, 2013, Arbitrator Timothy Buckalew reinstated Millbury Police Detective Kimberly Brothers, who terminated in August 2012 for allegedly “harassing” three residents of the Town. Two women who had formerly dated Detective Brothers’...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 3, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On November 2, 2010, Attleboro Police Detective James Cote, who was also President of the Attleboro Police Association, MassCOP Local 352, suffered a cardiac arrest in his home and was in critical condition for days. MassCOP members throughout the state showed their...
by Alan Shapiro | Aug 2, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On June 20, highly respected Arbitrator Michael Ryan issued a decision overturning the discharge of Boston Police Officer David Williams. All of the facts are meticulously set out in the decision’s 44 pages but are briefly summarized here. On March 16, 2009, Michael...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Apr 5, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
After a nearly 20 year battle between the Lynn Police Association and the City of Lynn, the Appeals Court has finally confirmed that State Law, MGL c. 41 sec 99A, concerning the residency of police officers and fire fighters controls any residency obligations for...
by Alan Shapiro | Mar 12, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
In a landmark ruling with national and even international implications, the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission upheld the appeals of six former Boston Police Officers who had been fired solely because a California drug testing company (Psychemedics Corporation)...
