Matter of Bodenmiller v. DiNapoli

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller denying petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner worked as a police officer for the Suffolk County Police Department. On August 4, 2010, he received a call concerning a female patient who had left the grounds of a psychiatric facility. Petitioner found the woman at a nearby fast-food restaurant and, while he was questioning her, a man, who appeared to be carrying a weapon and was…