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| NH DOC rebuts suit by officer |
| By newhampshire.com - PAULA TRACY |
| Published: 10/20/2011 |
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CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections has been taken to court by its corrections union president, over what he describes as unfair treatment that kept him out of work and without benefits for more than a year. Mark Jordan, 43, of Manchester, who is chapter president of New England Police Benevolent Association Local 250, representing more than 300 unionized prison workers across New Hampshire, claims in a suit that the corrections department dismissed him on trumped-up charges and has not yet adequately compensated him. “I want my name cleared,” said Jordan, who was acquitted on criminal assault charges involving a sergeant in the prison parking lot March 10, 2010. Two days after the fight, which had at least two witnesses, he was suspended without pay and benefits. On Feb. 25, Concord District Court Judge Gerard Boyle found him not guilty of the simple assault charge and he was returned to work two days later with $29,000 in back pay. But he says that does not compensate for the canceled medical coverage and the pain and suffering of his wife, Pam and their 8-year-old daughter, “who couldn't even get her regular pediatric check-up.” “I want it so that this never happens to any other employee of the department. It has a long history of unusual circumstances related to suspensions.” He said he wants the department to be accountable. Read More. |
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