In terms of a dismissal as a result of discipline, the commissioner doesn't do that directly, in the first instance. The adjudication board would have to make a determination that there had to be a dismissal. If the member appealed that decision, it would only be at that point that it would go to the external review committee. They would then make findings and recommendations, and it would come to the commissioner.
In those instances when the adjudication board didn't dismiss the member, there is no right of appeal for the manager. That's where the case stops. In that instance, the commissioner would not have the authority to effectively make the final determination on whether that employee should be dismissed, because there is no appeal authority there.