In re the Claim of Blake

*1036Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 6, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a police officer by the New York City Police Department from 1991 to 2002. He was placed on dismissal probation status for one year as the result of an incident in 1999, when, during his off-duty hours, he drove his motor vehicle through three red lights and then failed to comply with a police officer’s order to pull over. While still on…