JUAN CRUZ, CSC Docket No. 2020-2550
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of November 17, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2020-2550: discipline, penalty upheld. Juan Cruz, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, removal and file:///C/Users/rwolinsk.NJCSC/Desktop/meetings/meetings/minutes/111721m.html[12/16/2
Commission decisions · Meeting of November 17, 2021
Juan Cruz, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, removal and file:///C/Users/rwolinsk.NJCSC/Desktop/meetings/meetings/minutes/111721m.html[12/16/2024 5:28:03 PM] Civil Service Commission | Meeting Minutes of November 17, 2021 resignation not in good standing effective August 11, 2020, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty, chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness, job abandonment and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- November 17, 2021, item A-2
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal and resignation not in good standing.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- resignation not in good standing
- Title
- COUNTY CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER
- Employer
- Hudson County
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 11-17-21.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 Juan Cruz, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective August 11, 2020, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Leslie Z. Celentano, who rendered her initial decision on October 20, 2021. Exceptions were filed on behalf of the appellant and a reply to exceptions was filed on behalf of the appointing authority.
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 November 17, 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 removing and resigning the appellant not in good standing was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Juan Cruz.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
Later decisions that cite this one
- JUAN CRUZ (March 23, 2022)
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