Collins v. Codd

Determination of the respondent Police Commissioner dated December 13, 1973, finding petitioner guilty of Specification No. 1 and imposing a penalty of 10 days’ vacation, annulled oh the law, without costs or disbursements. Specification No. 1 charged that after having handcuffed Campbell, a woman, the petitioner police officer wrongfully and without just cause, threw her to the ground, put his knee in her back, dragged her to the patrol car, pushed her in and choked her with a nightstick. Petitioner and his partner while on patrol observed a man and woman engaged in a physical struggle. When…