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Where a plaintiff has brought suit alleging that the defendant city’s failure to reinstate him as police chief was a violation of the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act, G.L.c. 149, §185(b), the city should be awarded summary judgment because its mayor was not legally permitted to reinstate the plaintiff under the Massachusetts civil service statute (G.L.c. 31). .
An officer in the Williamstown, Massachusetts police department who sued the town last year, alleging racism and sexual harassment, will be the subject of a public disciplinary hearing next week.
Days before he faces a possible firing, a Williamstown police sergeant is again accusing the town of bias and retaliation, portraying himself as a whistleblower who received unjust treatment by