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MARY PORTER, CSC Docket No. 2021-866

NJ Civil Service Commission decision of December 1, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2021-866: discipline, penalty upheld. Mary Porter, Sheriff’s Officer, Middlesex County, Sheriff’s Department, removal effective October 7, 2020, on charges of inability to perform duties and other sufficient cause.

Commission decisions · Meeting of December 1, 2021

Mary Porter, Sheriff’s Officer, Middlesex County, Sheriff’s Department, removal effective October 7, 2020, on charges of inability to perform duties and other sufficient cause.

Matter
Discipline
Decided
December 1, 2021, item A-4
Outcome
Penalty upheld
ALJ's recommendation
Uphold the removal.
What the Commission did with it
Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
Penalty appealed
removal
Title
SHERIFF'S OFFICER
Employer
Middlesex County
Chair at the time
Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
Official decision
Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-004 12-1-21.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 Mary Porter, Sheriff's Officer, Middlesex County Sheriff's Department, removal effective October 7, 2020, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Joseph A. Ascione, who rendered his initial decision on November 4, 2021. No exceptions were filed.

AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting of December 1, 2021, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached ALu’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 Mary Porter.

ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.

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