Greiner v. Greene County Department of Fire Prevention & Control

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Greene County) to review a determination of respondent which terminated petitioner’s employment as a fire dispatcher for Greene County.

Petitioner was employed by Greene County as a fire dispatcher and part-time Deputy Sheriff and fire investigator. In the course of the investigation of a suspicious fire on October 13, 1989, petitioner retained possession of a .22-caliber handgun found among other evidence gathered at the fire scene. After the handgun was reported as stolen, petitioner…