Kearse v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered June 20, 1991, which upheld respondent’s determination to dismiss petitioner from his position as a police officer after petitioner pleaded guilty to ingesting cocaine, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Test results of petitioner’s urinalysis revealed the presence of cocaine. At a hearing, petitioner pleaded guilty to ingesting cocaine from a cigarette while at a party, but claimed that he did so unintentionally. In his report to the Commissioner, the Hearing Officer found that petitioner’s explanation "strained…