Maynard v. Monaghan

This appeal is from an order denying a motion for a direction that the police commissioner of the City of New York rescind his termination of petitioner’s services as a patrolman of the police department of the City of New York, made at the end of the probationary period, and reinstate the petitioner on a permanent basis.

Petitioner passed the requisite civil service examinations, and on October 3,1951, was duly appointed as a probationary patrolman. He was assigned to the police academy for a course of training and subsequently did precinct police work. He was dropped from the department as…