Edwin Vasquez, CSC Docket No. 2022-123, 2022-233
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of November 2, 2022, CSC Docket No. 2022-123: discipline, penalty upheld. Edwin Vasquez, Police Officer, Jersey City, Police Department 120 working day suspension and removal, effective July 15, 2021, on charges of inability to perform duties, conduct unbecoming
Commission decisions · Meeting of November 2, 2022
Edwin Vasquez, Police Officer, Jersey City, Police Department 120 working day suspension and removal, effective July 15, 2021, on charges of inability to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- November 2, 2022, item A-9
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 120 working day suspension and removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 120 working day suspension
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A009 VASQUEZ EDWIN.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 appeals of Edwin Vasquez, Police Officer, Jersey City, Police Department 120 working day suspension and removal, effective July 15, 2021, on charges, were heard by Administrative Law Judge Ernest M. Bongiovanni (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on September 15, 2022. 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 November 2, 2022, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached ALJ’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the actions of the appointing authority in suspending and removing the appellant were justified. The Commission therefore affirms those actions and dismisses the appeals of Edwin Vasquez.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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