Last night the Personnel Appeals Board held the final hearing with witness testimony in the matter of the Sergeant's test appeal. They scheduled two more hearings, one on June 14th where closing arguments will be given, this hearing will probably still be subject to the gag order and therefore closed to the public. And a final hearing on June 23rd where the panel is expected to issue it's decision. This final hearing should be open to the public if anyone wants to attend. There is also the possibility with the State opening things back up that the final two hearings may be held in person at Town Hall rather than online.
We're coming up on the two year anniversary of the date this test was given and everyone is eager to get this resolved. We can only hope that the PAB will take this opportunity to fix this process and institute reforms in the testing process going forward such as hiring an independent firm to conduct the testing, and/or video recording the interviews to create a clear and indisputable record of the process so these lengthy and arduous hearings can hopefully be avoided in the future.
