Holcombe v. Gusty

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, the petitioner, Jon K. Holcombe, as District Attorney of Onondaga County, seeks a review of the respondent’s actions. The Personnel Commissioner of Onondaga County has directed that competitive examinations be held for all investigative positions in petitioner’s office. Petitioner seeks to set aside the directive as arbitrary and capricious and for an order declaring the positions as exempt. Petitioner argues that, in the alternative, the examinations proposed are improper.

Investigators in a District Attorney’s office are classified as "police officers”.…