JUSTIN PAYNE, CSC Docket No. 2019-2574
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of June 30, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2019-2574: working test period, penalty upheld. Justin Payne, County Correctional Police Officer, Camden County, Department of Corrections, release at the end of the working test period effective February 22, 2019.
Commission decisions · Meeting of June 30, 2021
Justin Payne, County Correctional Police Officer, Camden County, Department of Corrections, release at the end of the working test period effective February 22, 2019.
- Matter
- Working test period
- Decided
- June 30, 2021, item A-8
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the release at the end of the working test period.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Title
- COUNTY CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER
- Employer
- Camden County
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-008 6-30-21.pdf)
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Justin Payne, County Correctional Police Officer, Camden County, Department of Corrections, of his release at the end of the working test period effective February 22, 2019, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Tama B. Hughes, who rendered her initial decision on May 11, 2021. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting on June 30, 2021, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in releasing the appellant at the end of the working test period was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Justin Payne,
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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