Joseph Hans, CSC Docket No. 2022-1727
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of June 28, 2023, CSC Docket No. 2022-1727: discipline, penalty upheld. Joseph Hans, Police Officer, Lakewood, Police Department, removal, effective March 2, 2021, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, inability to perform duties,
Commission decisions · Meeting of June 28, 2023
Joseph Hans, Police Officer, Lakewood, Police Department, removal, effective March 2, 2021, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, inability to perform duties, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- June 28, 2023, item A-3
- 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
- Lakewood Township
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
This docket at the Commission
- December 21, 2022, item A-4Sent back to the Office of Administrative LawThe Civil Service Commission remanded the matter to the Office of Administrative Law.
- June 28, 2023, item A-3Penalty upheldThe Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Joseph Hans, Police Officer, Lakewood, Police Department, removal, effective March 2, 2021, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Elia A. Pelios (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on May 24, 2023. 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 ALJ’s initial decision, including a thorough review of the exceptions and reply, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting of June 28, 2023, adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached ALJ’s initial decision as well as the ALJ’s recommendation to uphold the removal.
This matter was originally before the Commission in December 2022, based on
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