Donohue v. Police

Proceeding under article 78 of the CPLR to review a determination of the Superintendent of State Police which dismissed petitioner from his position as a State trooper upon finding him guilty of the charge of violating section 8.3 of article 8 of the Regulations of the New York State Police (see Executive Law, § 215, subd. 2) in failing to obey certain lawful orders of his troop commander. Petitioner contends that the genesis of the charges is to be found in his address at a largely attended public meeting of the employees’ association of which he was a member, in which, according to his…