Jeanotte v. City of Rochester Police Department

*1082Petitioner contends further that the hearing board erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charges against him for failure to specify the dates of the alleged violations; that he was denied due process because the times specified for the occurrences were so indefinite that he was unable to defend against them. The essential function of charges in a disciplinary proceeding, like the function of an indictment in a criminal action, “is to provide the [accused] with sufficient information regarding the nature of the charge and the conduct which underlies the accusation to allow him or her to…