August 17, 2011

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 12:27 pm

The client who scored a 98 on the Boston Police Department test was bypassed due to serious questions concerning prior job performance and an entry on his CORI of a CWOF to a felony charge, hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to file an appeal to the Boston Police Department’s finding that his client was ineligible for appointment as a Boston Police Officer. Attorney Topazio filed the appeal within the sixty days allowed by statute to the Civil Service Commission. Attorney Topazio assembled a record countering the reasons the Boston Police gave for bypassing his client for a position of police officer, including vacating the old admission to sufficient facts to the felony offense. In preparation for the hearing on the appeal, Attorney Topazio uncovered undisputed facts in favor to his client and subpoenaed witnesses to testify to same, so as to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the Boston Police Department did not have reasonable justification to bypass his client. Today, Attorney Topazio negotiated a settlement with the Boston Police Department and executed a Joint Petition for 310 Relief whereby the parties agreed to place his client at the top of the next certification list from which the next original appointment to the position of permanent full-time Police Officer in the Boston Police Department shall be made in exchange for acknowledging that the settlement was a compromise of a disputed claim and that the settlement will not be construed as an admission of liability.