In re the Claim of Quintana

Claimant was employed as a probationary police officer for *858the New York City Police Department, assigned to a training program at the police academy in Manhattan. This assignment necessitated a commute by subway from claimant’s residence in the Bronx, during which he was required to wear his uniform. Claimant’s identity as a police officer in training gave rise to various negative comments and gestures made by other commuters concerning the Police Department in general and claimant in particular. Claimant resigned after this situation, combined with the attempted suicide of a member of the…