Brian Hoagland F Gloucester County, CSC Docket No. 2020-810
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of September 1, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2020-810: discipline, penalty upheld. Brian Hoagland, Emergency Medical Technician, Gloucester County, Department of Emergency Response, 72 working hour suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public em
Commission decisions · Meeting of September 1, 2021
Brian Hoagland, Emergency Medical Technician, Gloucester County, Department of Emergency Response, 72 working hour suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- September 1, 2021, item A-4
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 72 working hour suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- suspension
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-004 9-1-21.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 Brian Hoagland, Emergency Medical Technician, Gloucester County, Department of Emergency Response, 72 working hour suspension, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Kathleen M. Calemmo, who rendered her initial decision on July 16, 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 September 1, 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 suspending the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Brian Hoagland.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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