NICHOLAS ARACO, CSC Docket No. 2020-1579
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of May 20, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2020-1579: discipline, penalty upheld. Nicholas Araco, Police Officer, Delran Township Police Department, removal effective December 3, 2019, on charges including incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unb
Commission decisions · Meeting of May 20, 2020
Nicholas Araco, Police Officer, Delran Township Police Department, removal effective December 3, 2019, on charges including incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- May 20, 2020, item A-2
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Title
- POLICE OFFICER
- Employer
- Delran Township
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 5-20-20.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 Nicholas Araco, Police Officer, Delran Township Police Department, removal effective December 3, 2019, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Judith Lieberman, who rendered her initial decision on April 6, 2020. Exceptions were filed on behalf of the appellant.
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 (Commission), at its meeting of May 20, 2020, 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 removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Nicholas Araco.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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