Stephen Hedberg, CSC Docket No. 2022-2629
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of July 2, 2025, CSC Docket No. 2022-2629: discipline, dismissed. Stephen Hedberg, Police Officer, Perth Amboy, Police Department, removal, effective March 21, 2022, on charges of inability to perform duties.
Commission decisions · Meeting of July 2, 2025
Stephen Hedberg, Police Officer, Perth Amboy, Police Department, removal, effective March 21, 2022, on charges of inability to perform duties.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- July 2, 2025, item A-3
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- ALJ's recommendation
- Dismiss the appeal as moot.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Title
- POLICE OFFICER
- Employer
- Perth Amboy
- 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.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Stephen Hedberg, Police Officer, Perth Amboy, Police Department, removal, effective March 21, 2022, on charges, was before by Administrative Law Judge Dean J. Buono (ALJ), who rendered his initial summary decision on June 6, 2025. Exceptions were filed on behalf of the appointing authority and a reply was filed on behalf of the appellant.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, including a thorough review of the exceptions, which do not merit extended discussion, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting on July 2, 2025, adopted the ALJ’s recommendation to dismiss the appeal as moot.
The Commission makes the following comment. The appointing authority, in its exceptions, makes various arguments as to why the disciplinary removal should not be considered moot. The Commission rejects these arguments as the record establishes that the appellant received an ordinary disability retirement with an effective date prior to the date of his removal from employment. The fact that the retirement was not actually granted until after the date of removal is of no moment. Moreover, as the appellant's removal was predicated on his inability to perform duties based on a work-related injury, there is no basis to supersede the finding of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System that he was considered disabled and entitled to a disability retirement prior to his removal on associated disciplinary charges.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission dismisses the appeal of Stephen Hedberg as moot and orders that his record indicate an ordinary disability retirement, effective July 1, 2021.
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
- STEPHEN HEDBERG (July 23, 2025)
- STEPHEN HEDBERG (July 23, 2025)
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