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Retired lieutenant appeals after internal inquiry; alleges constructive discharge and due-process violations
Summary
Joseph T. Baker, a retired Massachusetts State Police lieutenant, told the Appeals Court he resigned after being forced to choose between returning to work under a superior he had accused of harassment or accepting a distant transfer; state police asked the court to affirm a dismissal of his complaint.
Joseph T. Baker, a retired lieutenant of the Massachusetts State Police, argued pro se that his 26-year career ended in constructive discharge after an internal harassment complaint against a superior and a contested internal investigation. Baker said the investigation’s supervising colonel had promised to recuse but later signed the investigative outcome, that the investigative unit withheld witness interview transcripts, and that the department gave him two unattractive options rather than remedial…
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