Legal Opinion
MATTER OF SWINTON v. Safir
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 1999PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Petitioner, while a probationary police officer in the New York City Police Department, was terminated from that employment following an investigation by the Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) of a confrontation he had with a woman at his apartment. Upon leaving the apartment, the woman, whom he had previously dated, made 911 calls for help and told the responding officers that petitioner had assaulted and attempted to rape her. She confirmed this in an interview with investigating officers but expressed a desire to drop all charges because she “felt…
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