Pollett v. McGourty

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Saratoga County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Saratoga Springs which found petitioner guilty of misconduct and suspended him from duty for five days without compensation.

On May 30, 1983, an accident occurred at the residence of a City of Saratoga Springs police officer in which a young lady was injured to such an extent that the city’s emergency corps was called to the scene. Petitioner, an off-duty police officer…