In a sharply worded report, an arbitrator has ruled against the New Britain firefighter who claimed he was wrongly fired in connection with the secretive fire department drug ring that led to a major scandal last year.
New Britain and its fire union have reached a deal for random drug testing nearly six months after the drug-related death of an off-duty 36-year-old firefighter led to revelations of drug use in multiple city firehouses.
After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various firehouses.
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