Connor v. New York City Police Department

Determination of respondent Police Commissioner, dated June 24, 2003, terminating petitioner’s employment as a police officer, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [William A. Wetzel, J.], entered January 13, 2004) dismissed, without costs.

Respondent’s rejection of petitioner’s claim that his ingestion of cocaine was unknowing is based in part upon the Hearing Officer’s conclusion that the amount of cocaine metabolite in the urine sample is inconsistent with…